There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.

He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.

The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor, happy is he.

In the fear of LORD is strong confidence, and his sons shall have a place of refuge.

In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.

He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth [are to] those who devise good.

He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.

The fear of LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The crown of the wise is their riches. The foolishness of fools is folly.

Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but [a thing] in the inward part of fools is made known.

An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.

In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

A simple man believes every word, but the prudent man looks well to his going.

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish woman plucks it down with her own hands.

A TRUE witness delivers souls, but he who utters lies [causes] deceit.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man from his own fruits.

He who walks in his uprightness fears LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shall not perceive the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

A faithful witness will not lie, but a FALSE witness utters lies.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but by the strength of the ox is much increase.

Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and [finds it] not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be [to] him who causes shame.