[in order] to incline your ear toward wisdom, [then] you shall apply your heart to understanding.

for wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul.

My child, do not forget my instruction, and may your heart guard my commands.

May loyal love and truth not forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them upon your heart.

{Trust Yahweh} with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.

he taught me and said to me, "May your heart hold fast [to] my words; guard my commandments and live.

May they not escape from your {sight}; keep them in [the] midst of your heart.

With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it [comes] the source of life.

perversion in his heart, he devises evil; at all times he will send out discord.

a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,

Bind them on your heart continually; tie them upon your neck.

Do not desire her beauty in your heart; may she not capture you with her eyelashes.

Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Then behold! A woman [comes] to meet him [with the] garment of a prostitute and {a secret heart}.

May your heart not turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her path.

He who corrects a scoffer gains abuse for himself, and he who rebukes the wicked {gets hurt}.

A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness, a heart of wickedness is {of little worth}.

An abomination of Yahweh [are] the {crooked of heart}, but his delight [are] {those with blameless ways}.

He who brings trouble [to] his household, he will inherit wind, and a fool will serve the wise of heart.

Deceit [is] in the heart of {those who plan} evil, but to {those who plan} peace, [there is] joy.

A clever person conceals knowledge, but the heart of a fool announces folly.

Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.

Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled [is] a tree of life.

The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.

Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.

From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and {from his own}, [so shall] a good man.

A heart of tranquility [is] life [to the] flesh, but causes bones of passion to rot.

In the heart of him who has understanding, wisdom rests, but [even] in the midst of fools it becomes known.

The lips of the wise will spread knowledge, but the heart of fools, not so.

A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.

The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.

All the days of the poor [are] hard, but goodness of heart [is] a continuous feast.

A heart of righteousness will ponder the answer, but a mouth of wickedness will pour out deceit.

From the light of the eyes, the heart will rejoice, and good news will enliven the bones.

He who ignores instruction despises himself, but he who hears admonition gains heart.

To mortals [belong] the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh [comes] the answer of the tongue.

An abomination of Yahweh [are] all who are arrogant of heart; {rest assured}, he will not go unpunished.

The wise of heart is called perceptive, but he who is pleasant of lips will increase persuasiveness.

The heart of the wise will make his mouth judicious, and upon his lips, it will add persuasiveness.

He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

A fool will not take pleasure in understanding, but in expressing his heart.

In the presence of destruction, the heart of a man will be haughty, but in the presence of honor, humble.

As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart will rage.

Many plans [are] in the heart of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.

Deep waters [are like] purpose in the heart of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it out.

Who will say "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?

Streams of water [are] the heart of a king in the hand of Yahweh; {wherever} he will desire, he will turn.

Haughtiness of [the] eyes and pride of heart, [the] lamp of the wicked [are] sin.

He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.

He who loves purity of heart [and has]{gracious speech}, his friend [is the] king.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy; [the] rod of discipline will drive it from him.

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart to my teaching.

For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.

Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.

My child, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad--even me!

May your heart not envy the sinners, but [live] in fear of Yahweh {all day}.

You, my child, hear and be wise, and direct your heart on the road

My child, may you give your heart to me, and may your eyes delight in my ways.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will speak perverse things.

And you will be like him who lies down in the heart of the sea, and like him who lies down on top of a mast.

"They struck me; I was not hurt. They beat me; I did not know [it]. When I will awake, I will continue; I will seek it again."

While your enemies are falling, do not rejoice; when he trips himself, may your heart not be glad

Then I myself saw and my heart considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction:

As heaven is to height and the earth is to depth, so [is] the heart of kings--there is no searching.

[Like] one who removes a garment on a cold day, [or like] vinegar on natron, [is] he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

[Like] {impure silver} which overlays an earthen vessel, [so are] smooth lips and an evil heart.

When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart.

Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.

Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, and I will answer him who reproaches me [with] a word.

As the waters [reflect] {face to face}, so the heart of a person [reflects] the person.

You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds.

Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart, will fall into calamity.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and gain he will not lack.