It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

A false witness will be cut off, ...

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money

For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:

I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:

The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,