Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later.
I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.

He took a bag of money with him
and will come home at the time of the full moon.”

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.

A beautiful woman who rejects good sense
is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s;
all the weights in the bag are His concern.

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip;
avoid someone with a big mouth.

He is filled with craving all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big appetite;

The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.