For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

Death and Destruction are before the Lord -- how much more the hearts of humans!

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

The wicked person's sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.