For learning what wisdom and discipline are;
for understanding insightful sayings;

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

And he hearing to me shall dwell in confidence, and being quiet from fear of evil.

for they will bring you
many days, a full life, and well-being.

For the LORD shall be your confidence, and shall keep your foot from being snared.

Thou shalt not withhold good from those possessing it in its being to the power of thy hand to do.

And her latter state being bitter as wormwood; sharp as a two-mouthed sword.

He shall die in not being instructed, and he shall wander in the multitude of his folly.

Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood,

A heart fabricating purposes of iniquity; feet being quick to run to evil,

And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.

She being noisy and perverse; her feet will not dwell in her house:

For she cast down many wounded, and the strong all being slain by her.

In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy with waters,

A woman of folly being noisy, simple, and she knew not anything.

He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

He going about tale-bearing reveals a secret: and he being faithful of spirit hides the word.

He that is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it: and he that hates being surety is secure.

According to the mouth of understanding a man shall be praised: and he being perverse of heart shall be for contempt

He is good being despised, and a servant to him above him, honoring himself, and wanting bread.

Only by pride contention will be given: but with those being advised, wisdom.

Hope being forgotten afflicts the heart: and desire coming, a tree of life.

He mocking sought wisdom, and none: and knowledge being easy to him understanding.

The wise one feared and departed from evil: and the foolish overflowing, and being confident .

Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.

The house of the just much treasure: and in the increase of the unjust the being troubled.

Since Sheol and Abaddon lie open in the LORD's presence, how much more the hearts of human beings!

The ways of a man being accepted of Jehovah also he will make his enemies friends with him.

He understanding in the word shall find good: and he trusting in Jehovah, he being happy.

It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

The causing water to break forth. is the beginning of strife: cast off contention before being irritated.

Also the foolish one being silent shall be thought wise: and he shutting his lips, understanding.

Being partial [to] faces of evil [is] not good, [nor] to subvert the righteous at the judgment.

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

Also he being slothful in his work, he the brother of the master of destruction.

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

Human beings long for grace, and it's better to be poor than a man of deceit.

The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil.

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

Thou shalt not love sleep lest thou shalt be dispossessed: open wide thine eyes, being filled with bread.

The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching all the innermost parts of his being.

Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.

When the scoffer is punished, the naive [observes the lesson and] becomes wise;
But when the wise and teachable person is instructed, he receives knowledge.

The just one being circumspect for the house of the unjust one: overthrowing the unjust for evil.

Folly being bound in the heart of a youth; the rod of correction shall remove it far off from him.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],
Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],

Yea, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.

My son, eat honey, for it is good; and the dropping of honey being sweet to thy palate.

In being slow to anger a ruler is won over, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

A city being broken down, and not a wall, a man who restrains not to his spirit.

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man,
So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who remains unaffected by its wisdom].

In the ceasing of wood, fire will go out: and in not being a tale-bearer, strife will subside.

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

He going uprightly shall be saved; and he being violent in the ways shall fall at once.

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

The rod and reproofs will give wisdom: and the youth being left shames his mother.

Being a partner with a thief is hating one's life; a curse he will hear, but not disclose.

Fearing any human being is a trap, but confiding in the LORD keeps anyone safe.

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

Lest I be so full, I deny thee, and say, "What fellow is the LORD?" And lest I, being constrained through poverty, fall unto stealing and foreswear the name of my God.

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

Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity.