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when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsSudden DestructionPeople AppalledHurricanesOvercoming AdversityBeing OverwhelmedThe Storms Of Life

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

Verse ConceptsForethoughtsSummerPreparing FoodWorking For Food

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!God's TrustworthinessExcellence

My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver.

Verse ConceptsAlternatives To Moneyhonour

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

Verse ConceptsThings Like SilverThe TongueWorthValue

What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

Verse ConceptsFearPessimismPunishment, By GodFruits Of SinAnswered PromisesFear Is Due

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

Verse ConceptsLipsSpeech, Positive Aspects OfObscenity

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

Verse ConceptsFalse HopesRighteous, TheWithout Hopeexpectationswrath

Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToEducationSchoolFoolsinvesting

What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

Verse ConceptsBeing PoorThe End Of LiarsUnconditional Love

The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.

Verse ConceptsFreedom From Violence

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

Verse ConceptsSittingovereating

my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Verse ConceptsLipsKidneys

Do not say, "I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done."

Verse ConceptsForgiving Ones EnemiesRetributionRevenge, And RetaliationSpiteRepaying Evil For Evil

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

Verse ConceptsExperience, of lifeSeeing Situations

Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Verse ConceptsLitigationRashnessAttorneyLawsuitsHasteShaming PeopleHurt And Betrayalstriving

When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

Verse ConceptsExcessSelf DenialDietsOverweightObesityHoneyMore Than EnoughCandyovereating

The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Verse ConceptsApostasy, Personal WarningsRetributionTrapEnticersDigging Pits

Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? -- if you know!

Verse ConceptsCreatorCloaksBindingDivine Power Over NatureClimates, TypesCovering The EarthGoing Up To HeavenGod Going DownGod Dispensing WindKnowingWhat Is God's Name?

lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfKings, How They Should ActForgetting Things

Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

Verse ConceptsReward, DivineWagesIndustryOne's DeedsGodly WomanA Good Womanaccomplishmentsaccomplishment