The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and what I give is better than choice silver.

What the wicked fears shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing; but the mouth of the wicked what is contrary.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you;

Do not go forth quickly to fight, lest you know not what to do in the end of it, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

Do not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Who has gone up to Heaven and has come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garments? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name? Surely you know.

What, my son? And what, the son of my womb? And what, the son of my vows?