Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.

Where ungodliness is, there is also disdain; and so there followeth shame and dishonour.

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

To show respect to the wicked person is not good,
Nor to push aside and deprive the righteous of justice.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,
but humility comes before honor.

A man’s spirit can endure sickness,
but who can survive a broken spirit?

A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

A man’s own foolishness leads him astray,
yet his heart rages against the Lord.

It's not fitting for a fool to live in luxury; neither is it for a servant to rule over princes.

A person’s insight gives him patience,
and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

A foolish son is his father’s ruin,
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

House and substance, are an inheritance from one's fathers, but, from Yahweh, cometh a wife who is prudent.

Correct thy son, because there is hope, yet, not so as to slay him, let thy passion be excited.

For great wrath bringeth harm; therefore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurture.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

What is desirable in a man is his fidelity;
better to be a poor man than a liar.

Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;
anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

It is a man's honour to keep himself from strife; but they that have pleasure in brawling, are fools every one.

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water;
but a man of understanding draws it out.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

"Bad, bad," the buyer will say, but [when] one goes to him, then he will boast.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.

He reveals a secret, he who walks [about with] gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.

Loyalty and mercy, truth and faithfulness, protect the king,
And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Every man's lifestyle is proper in his own view, but the LORD weighs the heart.

A guilty man’s conduct is crooked,
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.

It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.

It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.

In a wise man's house there is great treasure and plenteousness; but a foolish body spendeth up all.

A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!

A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

The crafty saw evil, and he will hide, and the simple passed on and were punished.

The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.

Cast out the scornful man, and so shall strife go out with him; yea, variance and slander shall cease.

He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.

The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,
but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

A child's heart has a tendency to do wrong, but the rod of discipline removes it far away from him.

So that your trust and reliance and confidence may be in the Lord,
I have taught these things to you today, even to you.

in order to teach you true and reliable words,
so that you may give a dependable report
to those who sent you?

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

Do not be among those who give pledges [involving themselves in others’ finances],
Or among those who become guarantors for others’ debts.

Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father's made.

Do you see a man skillful and experienced in his work?
He will stand [in honor] before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.

Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

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

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,
and don’t desire his choice food,

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.

Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

My innermost being will cheer
when your lips say what is right.

Listen, my son, and be wise, commit yourself to live God's way.

So shall thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare thee, shall rejoice.

See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] fool;
He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

If you [claim ignorance and] say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs and examines the hearts and their motives?
And does He not know it who guards your life and keeps your soul?
And will He not repay [you and] every man according to his works?

My son, eat honey, because it's good for you; indeed, drippings from the honeycomb are sweet to your taste;

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

A kiss on the lips that's what someone who gives an honest answer deserves.

Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

It is the honour of God to keep a thing secret; but the king's honour is to search out a thing.

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.