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

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst 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 thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

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

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

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

They are all plain to him that understandeth, 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 honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

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

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

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

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

They that are of a froward 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 deceit.

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 regardeth the life of his beast: 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 ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth 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 seemeth 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.

Hell 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 hath a continual feast.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers 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 weigheth the spirits.

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

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

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

There is a way that seemeth 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 are their fathers.

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

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

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as 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 as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their 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 pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

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

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

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

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

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

Divers weights, and divers 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

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

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

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 as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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

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

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

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

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

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

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

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

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

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: 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 the state thereof shall be prolonged.

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

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

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

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is 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 horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

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

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

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

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

There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.