for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."

Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."

Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

"They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive.

The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.