The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won't be cut short.

He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

Better slighted, and have a servant, than to honour oneself, and come short of bread.

For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

A false witness will be cut off, ...

The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,
But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.