for "in vain is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}."

For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.

Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.

For [the] price of a woman, a prostitute, [is the] price of a loaf of bread, but the {woman belonging to a man} hunts precious life.

until an arrow pierces his {entrails}, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that {it will cost him his life}.

The fear of Yahweh [is] hatred of evil, pride, and arrogance and an evil way. And I hate a mouth of perversity.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs of {abounding} water.

Before mountains had been shaped, before hills, I was brought forth.

"Come, eat with my bread; drink with the wine I have mixed.

"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant."

Pride comes, then disgrace comes, but wisdom [is] with the humble.

In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.

The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear [it] down, but he will maintain the {property line} of the widow.

Before destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.

Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud.

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes [and] have plenty bread.

Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled [with] gravel.

The lamp of Yahweh [is] the spirit of humankind, he who searches every {innermost part}.

The blows of a wound will cleanse evil, as will beatings of the {innermost part}.

Haughtiness of [the] eyes and pride of heart, [the] lamp of the wicked [are] sin.

The proud, haughty one: "scoffer" [is] his name; he acts with arrogance of pride.

He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.

Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.

If your enemy [is] hungry, feed him bread, and if thirsty, let him drink water.

Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.

He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty [of] poverty.

{Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.

The pride of a person will bring him humiliation, and the lowly of spirit will obtain honor.

She looks after the ways of her household, and the bread of idleness she will not eat.