So are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of its owners.

Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared unto her.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, that you can not know them.

And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.

You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.

These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to evil,

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Say unto wisdom, you are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

They are all plain to him that understands, and right to them that find knowledge.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O you children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

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

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man regards the life of his animal: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.

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

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Sheol and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

Without counsel plans go wrong: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

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

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks what is right.

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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

He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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

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

The words of a talebearer are like tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

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

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are nothing to him.

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

House and riches are the inheritance from fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

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

Judgments are prepared for scoffers and stripes for the back of fools.

The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Diverse weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

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

A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.

And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

Be not desirous of his delicacies: for they are deceitful food.

Deliver those that are drawn toward death, hold back those that are stumbling to the slaughter;

My son, fear the LORD and the king: and associate not with them that are given to change:

He that says unto the wicked, you are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.

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

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

The words of a talebearer are tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

When he speaks graciously, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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

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

For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are for the price of the field.

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

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge its state shall be prolonged.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.

If a ruler hearkens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

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

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

The leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

There are three things which are stately in stride, yea, four are stately in their walk:

Open your mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all who are left desolate.