for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters; and the well of wisdom is like a full stream.

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.

A righteous person who yields to the wicked
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

A plan (motive, wise counsel) in the heart of a man is like water in a deep well,
But a man of understanding draws it out.

Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:

There are three things which go well in a march, yea, four that go well in walking:

Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],
Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,

Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them.

So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man.

When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.

So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man.

if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.