let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

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

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

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

Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.

Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'

The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.

She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.