For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],
Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,

So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man.

When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom like a flowing brook.

At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.

So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man.

if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive and whole, {like those who descend to the pit}.