I was almost at utter ruin in the midst of the assembly and congregation."

A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

The winking of an eye causes trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.

Those who are wise lay up knowledge, but [to] the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.

The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

A stronghold for the upright is the way of Yahweh, but ruin [belongs] to {evildoers}.

He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.

In the multitude of people is the glory of the king, but without a population, a prince [is] ruined.

The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.

A man of [many] friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart will rage.

A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.

The righteous observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked to ruin.

For suddenly their disaster will come, and the ruin of {both of them}, who knows?

A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

By justice a king gives stability [to] a land, but a man of bribes will ruin it.