How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

He who becomes the parent of a fool [who is spiritually blind] does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool [who is spiritually blind] has no joy.

Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

To show respect to the wicked person is not good,
Nor to push aside and deprive the righteous of justice.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh; into him the righteous will run and be safe.

But the rich man's goods are his stronghold, yea he taketh them for a high wall round about him.

He who gives an answer before he hears,
It is folly and shame to him.

A man's spirit can sustain him during his illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?

The heart of him understanding will obtain knowledge and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.

A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

The first to plead his case seems right,
Until another comes and examines him.

A friend that delighteth in love, doth a man more friendship, and sticketh faster unto him than a brother.

A man’s own foolishness leads him astray,
yet his heart rages against the Lord.

Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

Chasten thy son while there is hope; but let not thy soul be moved to slay him.

A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

Many plans are in a man’s mind,
But it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand (be carried out).

The reverence of Yahweh, leadeth to life, satisfied then, let a man remain - let him not be visited by calamity.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

A king that sitteth in judgment, and looketh well about him, driveth away all evil.

"Bad, bad," the buyer will say, but [when] one goes to him, then he will boast.

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 goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

In punishing him mocking, the simple shall become wise: and in instruction to the wise one he will take knowledge.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

Spears and snares are in the way of the froward; but he that will keep his soul, let him flee from such.

Train a child in the way appropriate for him, and when he becomes older, he will not turn from it.

He that soweth wickedness shall reap sorrow; and the rod of his plague shall destroy him.

Cast out the scornful man, and so shall strife go out with him; yea, variance and slander shall cease.

The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit [deep and inescapable];
He who is cursed by the Lord [because of his adulterous sin] will fall into it.

Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

Whoso doth a poor man wrong, to increase his own riches, and giveth unto the rich to please him, at the last cometh to poverty himself.

To make you know the certainty of the words of truth
That you may correctly answer him who sent you?

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Like him estimating evil in his soul, so is he: Eat and drink, he will say to thee; and his heart not with thee.

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.

For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him;

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

Be no false witness against thy neighbour, and hurt him not with thy lips.

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

for it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

Whoso singeth a song to a heavy heart, clotheth him with rags in the cold, and poureth vinegar upon chalk.

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

Like as it is not good to eat too much honey; even so, he that will search out high things, it shall be too heavy for him.

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

Like one who takes a dog by the ears
Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him.

With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

A dissembling tongue hateth one that rebuketh him; and a flattering mouth worketh mischief.

He that is full, abhorreth a honeycomb; but unto him that is hungry, every sour thing is sweet.

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

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 blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each is tested by the praise accorded him.

Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Good the poor one going in his integrity above him perverting the ways, and he the rich.

He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

Well is him that standeth always in awe; as for him that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischief.

One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

He that rebuketh a man, shall find more favour at the last, than he that flattereth him.

He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

If a wise man go to law with a fool - whether he deal with him friendly or roughly - he getteth no rest.

The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

A ruler listening to the word of falsehood, all serving him are unjust

Where no Prophet is, there the people perish; but well is him that keepeth the law.

A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.

Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.