He who [willfully] separates himself [from God and man] seeks his own desire,
He quarrels against all sound wisdom.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scoff, you alone shall bear it.

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.

Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; {teach} a righteous one and he will increase learning.

A wise person's heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

To receive instruction in wise behavior and the discipline of wise thoughtfulness,
Righteousness, justice, and integrity;

They four the small of the earth, and they are wise, being made wise:

A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

A wise man doth all things with discretion; but a fool will declare his folly.

The wise will inherit honor and glory,
But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.

Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

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

He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.

He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise.

There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.

A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scoffer hears not rebuke.

The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

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

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so.

A scoffer loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise.

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

The way of life leads above to the wise, that he may depart from sheol beneath.

The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will appease it.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

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

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.

A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the stronghold in which they trust.

Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart unto my knowledge.

My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increases strength.

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have partiality in judgment.

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

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

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.

Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,

The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.