Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.

Good understanding wins favor [from others],
But the way of the unfaithful is hard [like barren, dry soil].

The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.

A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body,
But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.

Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.

A scoffer does not like {his rebuke}; to the wise he will not go.

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.

Like as the clearness of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; so doth a good name feed the bones.

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.

Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

A worthless man digs up evil,
and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.

A discreet servant shall have more rule than the sons that have no wisdom, and shall have like heritage with the brethren.

Like as silver is tried in the fire and gold in the furnace, even so doth the LORD prove the hearts.

Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.

The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.

A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.

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

The words of a talebearer are like tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own esteem.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and contentions are like the bars of a castle.

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

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

The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

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

A [discerning] king who sits on the throne of judgment
Sifts all evil [like chaff] with his eyes [and cannot be easily fooled].

There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.

The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.

Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

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.

Do not lie in wait [like] an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do not do violence [to] his dwelling place.

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

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."

So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man.

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

Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

To those who send him, a trustworthy messenger
is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day;
he refreshes the life of his masters.

Whosoever boasts about himself of a gift not given is like clouds and wind without rain.

Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,
Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.

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

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

Good news from a distant land
is like cold water to a parched throat.

Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

Like as it is not good to eat too much honey; even so, he that will search out high things, it shall be too heavy for him.

He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like unto him.

[Like] cutting off feet [or] drinking violence, so [is] he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.

A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like lame legs that hang limp.

Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,

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

Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.

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

Like as one iron wheteth another, so doth one man comfort another.

Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

Like as hell and destruction are never full, even so the eyes of men can never be satisfied.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool with a pedestal in a mortar like oatmeal, yet will not his foolishness go from him.

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding and common sense [and his wickedness shortens his days],
But he who hates unjust gain will [be blessed and] prolong his days.

Who so robbeth his father and mother, and sayeth it is no sin; the same is like unto a murderer.

For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

This generation which is like a horse-leech, hath two daughters; the one is called "fetch hither," and the other "bring hither."

Such is the way also of a wife that breaketh wedlock, which wipeth her mouth like as when she hath eaten, and sayeth, "As for me, I have done no harm."

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and like grasping the wind.

And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is like grasping the wind.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had made, and on the labor that I had expended on it: and, behold, all was vanity and like grasping the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done.

And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise man dies just like the fool?