If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.

So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;

So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

So shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Say not to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

Say to wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.

A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

The ransom of a man's life is his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

The king's favor is towards a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

The lips of the wise diffuse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

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

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers.

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the well-spring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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

A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

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

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

They have stricken me, wilt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

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

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

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

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

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

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a fool.

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

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

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

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.

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

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

Who hath ascended into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

The horse-leech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough:

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.

Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

She is like the merchant's ships; she bringeth her food from afar.