“Because I called and you refused [to answer],
I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];

Long life is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due [its rightful recipients],
When it is in your power to do it.

Do not turn away to the right nor to the left [where evil may lurk];
Turn your foot from [the path of] evil.

Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Poor is he who works with a negligent and idle hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes him rich.

The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the negligent and lazy will be put to forced labor.

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no common sense or even a heart for it?

The lazy man buries his hand in the [food] dish,
But will not even bring it to his mouth again.

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it whichever way He wishes.

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Cuts off his own feet (sabotages himself) and drinks the violence [it brings on himself as a consequence].

Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who cannot learn from its wisdom].

Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man,
So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who remains unaffected by its wisdom].

The lazy person buries his hand in the dish [losing opportunity after opportunity];
It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

Whoever attempts to restrain her [criticism] might as well try to stop the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

If you have foolishly exalted yourself,
Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.

She opens and extends her hand to the poor,
And she reaches out her filled hands to the needy.