because her profit is better than the profit of silver, and her yield than fine gold.

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

because wisdom is better than precious gems and nothing you desire can compare to it."

My fruit is better than gold, better than even refined gold, and my benefit surpasses the purest silver.

It's better to be unimportant, yet have a servant, than to pretend to be important, but lack food.

Better is a little accompanied by fear of the LORD than abundant wealth with turmoil.

A vegetarian meal served with love is better than a big, thick steak with a plateful of animosity.

A little gain with righteousness is better than great income without justice.

How much better than gaining gold is the acquisition of wisdom, the attainment of wisdom better than silver!

Better to be humble among the poor, than to share what is stolen with the proud.

Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city.

Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.

It's better to meet a mother bear who has lost her cubs than a fool in his stupidity.

A poor man who walks blamelessly is better than a fool who speaks perversely.

Human beings long for grace, and it's better to be poor than a man of deceit.

It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.

It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.

for it is better that it be told you, "Come up here," than for you to be placed lower in the presence of an official. What you've seen with your own eyes,

Instead, take up the matter with your neighbor, and don't betray another person's confidence.

It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.

An open rebuke is better than unspoken love.

The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.

Never abandon your friend nor your father's friend, and don't go to your brother's house in times of trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who lives far away.

It's better to be poor and live a blameless life than to be rich but crooked in one's lifestyle.

Just as whipping milk produces butter, and twisting the nose causes bleeding, so also stirring up anger produces contention.