and he that is endued with understanding shall obtain wit to perceive a parable, and the interpretation thereof; the words of the wise, and the dark speeches of the same.

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night.

Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark-hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt;

so long till she hath wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon.

He that is proud and presumptuous, is called a scornful man, which in wrath dare work maliciously.

Sawest thou a man apt in his works? Before kings shall he stand; he shall not stand before the dark ones

Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

Wisdom is a high thing; yea, even to the fool, for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.