for acquiring the discipline that produces wise behavior, righteousness, justice, and upright living;

Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or the devastation that comes to the wicked.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

so that you don't give your honor to others, and waste your best years;

so that strangers don't enrich themselves at your expense, and your work won't end up the possession of foreigners.

Here are six things that the LORD hates seven, in fact, are detestable to him:

Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life

and I noticed among the naive that is, I discerned among the youths a senseless young man.

I walk on the way of righteousness, along paths that are just,

"Come! Eat my food, and drink the wine that I have mixed.

But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.

The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.

In the pathway to righteousness there is life, and in that lifestyle there is no death.

There is a pathway that seems right to a man, but in the end it's a road to death.

The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the stupidity of fools is just that stupidity!

When a king is pleased, there is life, and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.

The wise-hearted person is told to be discerning, and that pleasant speech promotes instruction.

There is a road that seems right for a man to travel, but in the end it's the road to death.

A violent man entices his companion and leads him on a path that is not good.

The positive words that a man speaks fill his stomach; he will be satisfied with what his lips produce.

A person's discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is to his credit that he ignores an offence.

A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.

The ear that hears and the eye that sees the LORD surely made them both.

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

Blows that wound clean away evil; such beatings cleanse the innermost being.

A king's heart is a water stream that the LORD controls; he directs it wherever he pleases.

As a result, your trust will be in the LORD, that's why I'm teaching you today, even you.

Don't remove an ancient boundary stone that was set up by your ancestors.

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.

A kiss on the lips that's what someone who gives an honest answer deserves.

First do your outside work, preparing your land for yourself. After that, build your house.

for it is better that it be told you, "Come up here," than for you to be placed lower in the presence of an official. What you've seen with your own eyes,

A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.

A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.

Taking your coat off when it's cold or pouring vinegar on soda that's what singing songs does to a heavy heart.

Cold water to someone who is thirsty that's what good news from a distant land is.

A muddied spring or a polluted well that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked.

Useless legs to the lame that's what a proverb quoted by a fool is.

Tying a stone to a sling that's what giving honor to a fool is.

A thorn in the hand of a drunkard that's what a proverb quoted by a fool is.

A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.

Picking up a dog by the ears that's what someone is like who meddles in another's fight.

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

A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are.

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home.

A poor man who oppresses the weak is like a rainstorm that destroys all the crops.

A roaring lion and a charging bear that's what a wicked tyrant is over poor people.

The miser is in a hurry to get wealthy, but he isn't aware that poverty will catch up with him.

Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Feed me with food that I need for today,

so that I don't become overfed and deny you by saying, "Who is the LORD?" or so that I don't become poor and steal, and then misuse the name of my God.

Don't lie about a servant to his master, or that servant will curse you and you will pay for it.

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

The eye that mocks a father and looks with a disobedient attitude at a mother the valley ravens will pluck it out; and vultures will eat it.

She is like a seagoing ship that brings her food from far away.

She is confident that her profits are sufficient. Her lamp does not go out at night.