but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof,

And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.

Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.

I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling, and find out knowledge [and] discretion.

Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge. I am understanding, I have might.

while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

when he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong,

The generous soul shall be made prosperous, and he who waters shall also be watered himself.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but [a thing] in the inward part of fools is made known.

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

LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, LORD has made even both of them.

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

The rich and the poor meet together. LORD is the maker of them all.

That thy trust may be in LORD, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.

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

He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be made fat.

The poor man and the oppressor meet together. LORD enlightens the eyes of them both.

Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.