For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],
Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,

When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Your poverty will come in like a vagabond
And your need like an armed man.

For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.

Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a fool.

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a curse without cause does not alight.

There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords
And his jaw teeth like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

He that soweth discord and strife, is like one that diggeth up a water brook; but an open enemy is like the water that breaketh out and runneth abroad.

Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit.

if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,

For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

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

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