Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit.

Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds,

Return to my correction! Look, I will pour out my spirit on you, and I will make my words known to you.

when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

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

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.

Let your eyes look directly ahead; fix your gaze straight in front of you.

Like a loving deer, a beautiful doe, let her breasts satisfy you all the time. Be constantly intoxicated by her love.

He will die for lack of discipline, and he goes astray because of his great folly.

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter's hand, or like a bird from a fowler's hand.

and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.

Look! A woman makes her way to meet him, dressed as a prostitute and intending to entrap him.

All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap

What the righteous person says is like precious silver; the thoughts of the wicked are compared to small things.

What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

A nation falls through a lack of guidance, but victory comes through the counsel of many.

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.

The person who trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but a wife who puts him to shame is like bone cancer.

It's better to be unimportant, yet have a servant, than to pretend to be important, but lack food.

Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.

The lifestyle of the lazy is like a thorny hedge, but the path taken by the upright is an open highway.

When a king is pleased, there is life, and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.

A worthless person concocts evil gossip his lips are like a burning fire.

Starting a quarrel is like spilling water so drop the dispute before it escalates.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.

The wealth of a rich person is his fortified city; in his own imagination, it is like a high wall.

An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and his disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.

A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.

A king's anger is like a lion's roar; anyone who angers him forfeits his life.

A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people.

When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle.

Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind.

Eventually it will bite like a snake and sting like a serpent.

You will be like someone who lies down in the sea, or like someone who sleeps on top of a mast.

If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?

Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won't be cut short.

Don't lie in wait like an outlaw to attack where the righteous live;

Don't say, "I'll do to him like he did to me, I'll be sure to pay him back for what he did."

Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.

Like golden apples set in silver is a word spoken at the right time.

Like a gold earring and a necklace of pure gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

Like cold snow during harvest time is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes his masters.

Like clouds and winds without rain is the man who brags about gifts he never gave.

A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.

The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry look.

Like a city with breached walls is a man without self-control.

Like snowfall in summer or rain at harvest time, so honor is inappropriate for a fool.

Like a fluttering sparrow or a swallow in flight, a curse without cause will not alight.

Don't answer a fool according to his foolishness, or you will be just like him.

An archer who shoots at anyone is like someone who hires a fool or anyone who passes by.

A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.

Picking up a dog by the ears that's what someone is like who meddles in another's fight.

Like the maniac who shoots fiery darts and deadly arrows

that's what someone is like who lies to his neighbor and then says, "I was joking, wasn't I?"

The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels; they sink down deep within.

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home.

Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.

The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.

A poor man who oppresses the weak is like a rainstorm that destroys all the crops.

Whoever gives to the poor will never lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to their poverty will be cursed.

Some people what an arrogant look they have! raise their eyebrows haughtily.

The leech has two daughters: "Give" and "Give". Three things will never be satisfied; four will never say "Enough" -

This is what an immoral woman is like: she eats, wipes her mouth, then says "I've done nothing wrong."

She is like a seagoing ship that brings her food from far away.