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Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, that you can not know them.

Verse ConceptsThoughtFicklenessLife By WisdomPaths Of Lifeuncertainty

They should be for you alone
and not for you to share with strangers.

Verse ConceptsAvoiding ForeignersSharingNot Being Alone

Why should you be intoxicated, my child, by a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Verse ConceptsInfatuationAvoid Adultery

God’s verdict is on the lips of a king;
his mouth should not give an unfair judgment.

Verse ConceptsOraclesGood KingsPeople Involved In JudgementDecision Making

What is desirable in a man is his fidelity;
better to be a poor man than a liar.

Verse ConceptsBeing PoorThe End Of LiarsUnconditional Love

Lovingkindness and faithfulness, will guard a king, - therefore should he support, with lovingkindness, his throne.

Verse ConceptsSafetyKings, Duties OfAuthority

If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

Verse ConceptsBedsBeing Poor

But, to reprovers, one should be pleasant, and, upon them, should come an excellent blessing:

Verse ConceptsBlessingReproving Peoplerebuking

For better it is that it be said unto you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf ExaltationMoving UpwardsAbasing PeopleWaiting Till Marriage

Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGrindingBricksGrinding People

To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

Verse ConceptsFavouritismInjustice, Examples OfRespect, For Human BeingsEffect Of BribesRespect


I have not learned [skillful and godly] wisdom,
Nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One [who is the source of wisdom].

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Nature

What should I say, my son?
What, son of my womb?
What, son of my vows?

Verse ConceptsWombWomen's Strength