who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.

From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

before the mountains were set in place -- before the hills -- I was born,

before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.

then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,

Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous.

Death and Destruction are before the Lord -- how much more the hearts of humans!

The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!

Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

The one who gives an answer before he listens -- that is his folly and his shame.

A person's gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

for it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Two things I ask from you; do not refuse me before I die: