for they will be a garland of grace on your head
and a gold chain around your neck.

“How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?

She will place a garland of grace on your head;
she will give you a crown of beauty.”

Her feet go down to death;
her steps head straight for Sheol.

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

but the one who misses me harms himself;
all who hate me love death.”

Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

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

The righteous hate lying,
but the wicked act disgustingly and disgracefully.

Desire fulfilled is sweet to the taste,
but to turn from evil
is an abomination to fools.

A hot-tempered man stirs up conflict,
but a man slow to anger calms strife.

The intelligent person restrains his words,
and one who keeps a cool head
is a man of understanding.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,
but they are not there.

Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

Don’t make friends with an angry man,
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man,

Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.

When the righteous triumph,
there is great rejoicing,
but when the wicked come to power,
people hide themselves.

When the wicked come to power,
people hide,
but when they are destroyed,
the righteous flourish.

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Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person,
but the upright care about him.

An angry man stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered man increases rebellion.

To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself;
he hears the curse but will not testify.

a strutting rooster, a goat,
and a king at the head of his army.