A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.

For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the dead;

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

Her feet go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.

As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

Her house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.

One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

“But he who sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love death.”

I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

Ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life,
And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death.

In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn aside from the snares of death.

There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
That one may avoid the snares of death.

The fury of a king is like messengers of death,
But a wise man will appease it.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.

She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.

But they consider not that death is there, and that her guests go down to hell.

Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.