In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

There are six things which LORD hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him:

And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him,

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.

With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.

They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

then I was by him, a master workman. And I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him,

He who is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

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.

The fear of a wicked man shall come upon him. And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but a blessing shall be upon the head of him who sells it.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the actions of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.

Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

Poverty and shame [are to] him who refuses correction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him promptly.

He who walks in his uprightness fears LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

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

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

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

The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be [to] him who causes shame.

The way of a wicked man is an abomination to LORD, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

There is grievous correction for him who forsakes the way. He who hates reproof shall die.

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

Folly is joy to him who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding makes his going straight.

When a man's ways please LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.

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

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

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.

An evil man seeks only rebellion. Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

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

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

He who gives answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.

A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

He who pleads his case first [seems] just, but his neighbor comes and searches him out.

Many will entreat the favor of a generous man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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

A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty, for if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.

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

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger sins [against] his own life.

A righteous man who walks in his integrity, blessed are his sons after him.

Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge for foreigners.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips.

The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked, but as for a pure man, his work is right.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.

lest LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him.

But to those who rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

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

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [is] a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like to him.

See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. It wearies him to bring it again to his mouth.

He who hates masquerades with his lips, but he lays up deceit within him.

When he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

He who digs a pit shall fall in it, and he who rolls a stone, it shall return upon him.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge [who is surety] for a strange woman.

He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be considered a curse to him.

Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

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.

A man who is laden with the blood of any person shall flee to the pit. Let no man stay him.

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

Bloodthirsty men hate him who is perfect, but the upright seek his soul.

See thou a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

He who brings up his servant gently from childhood shall have him become a son at the last.

A man's pride shall bring him low, but he who is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

Every word of God is tried. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

The words of king Lemuel, the oracle which his mother taught him.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

Let him drink, and forget his need, and remember his misery no more.

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.