Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit.

when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,

if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.

Keep my commandments and live, and my law as the apple of thine eye.

He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.

while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

He who is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

He who goes around as a tale-bearer reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to LORD, but such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.

He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger sins [against] his own life.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips.

The king's heart is in the hand of LORD as the watercourses. He turns it wherever he will.

The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked, but as for a pure man, his work is right.

A FALSE witness shall perish, but the man who hears shall speak so as to endure.

A wicked man hardens his face, but as for an upright man, he establishes his ways.

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [is] a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

As he who takes off a garment in cold weather, [and] vinegar upon soda, so [is] he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless does not alight.

As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

[As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

[As] an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool, and he who hires those who pass by.

As a dog who returns to his vomit, [is] a fool who repeats his folly.

As a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,

[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

As in water face [is] to face, so the heart of a man [is] to a man.

A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with them.

Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.