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Exact Match

for she is more profitable than silver,
and her revenue is better than gold.

Verse ConceptsAlternatives To MoneyTrue GainEducation

in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

Verse ConceptsSharpnessTwo SidedBitterness

My fruit is better than solid gold,
and my harvest than pure silver.

Verse ConceptsAlternatives To Moneyhonour

Better to be dishonored, yet have a servant,
than to act important but have no food.

Verse ConceptsPretenceServanthood, In SocietyShortagesServants Of PeopleSeeking HonourBeing Gay

Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool in his foolishness.

Verse ConceptsBearsEvil AssociationsMeeting PeopleBereavementFoolsMotherhood

What is desirable in a man is his fidelity;
better to be a poor man than a liar.

Verse ConceptsBeing PoorThe End Of LiarsUnconditional Love

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”
than to demote you in plain view of a noble.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf ExaltationMoving UpwardsAbasing PeopleWaiting Till Marriage

A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

Verse ConceptsHoneyBitter FoodSweetnessMore Than EnoughBitternesshunger

For the churning of milk produces butter,
and twisting a nose draws blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.

Verse ConceptsButterMilkNosesQuarrelsDairyPressingBleedingCovered With Bloodpressure