But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.

For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

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