Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

till an arrow pierces his liver -- like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

A bright look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the body.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Haughty eyes and a proud heart -- the agricultural product of the wicked is sin.

A proud and arrogant person, whose name is "Scoffer," acts with overbearing pride.

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,

She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.