If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back. I will pay you tomorrow," when you have cash with you.

he taught me and told me, "Let your heart fully embrace what I have to say; keep my commandments and live!

My son, pay attention to my words, and listen closely to what I say.

and you will say, "How I hated instruction, and my heart rejected correction!

My son, guard what I say and treasure my commands.

Say to wisdom, "You're my sister!" and call understanding your close relative,

So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I have to say.

"I'm calling to you, men! What I have to say pertains to all mankind!

Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right.

Everything I have to say is just; there isn't anything corrupt or perverse in my speech.

Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge.

"Let whoever is naive, turn in here." To anyone lacking sense, she says,

"Whoever is naive, turn in here!" And to anyone lacking sense, she says,

What the righteous say is a flowing fountain, but what the wicked say conceals violence.

What the righteous person says is like precious silver; the thoughts of the wicked are compared to small things.

What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

By what he says, the godless person can destroy his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

Through the blessing of the righteous a city is built up, but what the wicked say tears it down.

Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.

What a fool says brings a rod to his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

What the wise have to say disseminates knowledge, but it's not in the heart of fools to do so.

When a king is ready to speak officially, what he says should not err with respect to justice.

Whoever controls what he says is knowledgeable; anyone who has a calm spirit is a man of understanding.

The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.

Who can say, "My intentions are pure; I am clean from any sin?"

"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale.

Don't say "I'll avenge that wrong!" Wait on the LORD and he will deliver you.

The lazy person says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the street!"

for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you.

"They struck me," you will say, "but I never felt it. They beat me, but I never knew it When will I wake up? I want another drink."

Wisdom lies beyond reach of the fool; he has nothing to say in court.

If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?

Whoever says to the wicked, "You're in the right," will be cursed by people and hated by nations.

Don't say, "I'll do to him like he did to me, I'll be sure to pay him back for what he did."

that's what someone is like who lies to his neighbor and then says, "I was joking, wasn't I?"

Everything God says is pure; he is a shield for those who take refuge in him.

The leech has two daughters: "Give" and "Give". Three things will never be satisfied; four will never say "Enough" -

The afterlife, the barren womb, earth that still demands water, and fire they never say, "Enough".

This is what an immoral woman is like: she eats, wipes her mouth, then says "I've done nothing wrong."

"Many women have done wonderful things," he says, "but you surpass all of them!"