For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house.

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,

She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

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

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.