For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

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

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.