that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.

To you, O men, I call. And my voice is to the sons of men.

Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a foolish man is a present destruction.

The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man [is] to sin.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked man is no more, but the righteous man is an everlasting foundation.

A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. And a foolish man shall be servant to a wise man of heart.

Behold, a righteous man shall be recompensed in the earth, how much more the wicked man and the sinner!

A good man shall obtain favor of LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.

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.

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.

A simple man believes every word, but the prudent man looks well to his going.

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

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

An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.

In the house of a righteous man is much treasure, but in the revenues of a wicked man is trouble.

He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.

To respect the person of a wicked man is not good, [nor] to turn aside a righteous man in judgment.

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

A poor man uses entreaties, but a rich man answers roughly.

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

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

Purpose in the heart of man is deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

A man's goings are of LORD, how then can man understand his way?

The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

When a scoffer is punished, a simple man is made wise, and when a wise man is instructed, he receives knowledge.

A wicked man is a ransom for a righteous man, and the treacherous dealer for the upright.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of a wise man, but a foolish man swallows it up.

A wicked man hardens his face, but as for an upright man, he establishes his ways.

He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.

Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.

Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,

See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

A wise man is strong, yea, a man of knowledge increases might.

As in water face [is] to face, so the heart of a man [is] to a man.

A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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.

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

A righteous man takes knowledge of the cause of the poor. A wicked man has no [such] understanding to know.

If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to a wicked man.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,