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 maiden.

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.

For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

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

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.

A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and contentions are like the bars of a castle.

A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a whole house.

For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a seductress is a narrow well.

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a club, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring.

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

As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that 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.

A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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

A greyhound; a male goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.