Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for strangers, hold him in pledge.

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.

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

Her hands take hold of the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle.