let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those who go down into the pit;

when your fear comes as a wasting away, and your ruin comes like a tempest when trouble and pain come upon you.

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

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

But the path of the just is as the shining 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 afterward she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Should your overflowing spring be scattered abroad as rivers of waters in the streets.

Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hunter's hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.

Keep my commandments and live; and keep my law as the pupil of your eye.

until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare and does not know that it is for his soul.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is worth little.

To work out evil devices is as laughter to a fool; so wisdom is to a man of understanding.

As the storm passes, so the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will quiet it.

Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise, and he who shuts his lips is counted as a man of understanding.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul.

It is a snare to a man to say rashly, A holy thing, and afterward vows to ask about it.

The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He will.

for as he thinks in his heart, so is he; Eat and drink, he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

She also lies in wait as for prey, and increases the treacherous among men.

At the last it bites like an asp and stings like an adder.

Yes, you shall be as one who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as one who lies upon the top of a mast,

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

As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon a hearing ear.

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is enough for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it.

As he who takes away a garment in cold weather, as vinegar upon niter, so is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

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

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not come.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

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

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

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the lazy man turn upon his bed.

As coals to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to kindle fighting.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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

As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man answers to man.

As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man to his praise.

The wicked flee when no man pursues; but the righteous are bold as a lion.