Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded,

Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done thee no harm.

For the man is not at home. He has gone a long journey.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.

For she has cast down many wounded. Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

Wisdom has built her house. She has hewn out her seven pillars.

She has killed her beasts. She has mingled her wine. She has also furnished her table.

She has sent forth her maidens. She cries out upon the highest places of the city:

In the lips of him who has discernment wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.

Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

There is he who makes himself rich, yet has nothing, [and] he who makes himself poor, yet [has] great wealth.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and [finds it] not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor, happy is he.

He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.

An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.

Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but [a thing] in the inward part of fools is made known.

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart [has] a continual feast.

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly.

A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.

A rebuke enters deeper into him who has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

He who begets a fool [it is] to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

Wisdom is before the face of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

He who spares his words has knowledge, and he who is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

Smite a scoffer, and a simple man will learn prudence. And reprove him who has understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, LORD has made even both of them.

He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?

A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but a poor man who has understanding searches him out.

He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

A righteous man takes knowledge of the cause of the poor. A wicked man has no [such] understanding to know.

If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou k

The leach has two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [yea], four that do not say, Enough: