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,

So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man.

When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom like a flowing brook.

At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.

So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man.

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

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

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

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

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.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.