The lots are cast into the lap, but their fall standeth in the LORD.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

Whoso promiseth by the hand, and is surety for another; he is a fool.

He that loveth strife, delighteth in sin; and whoso setteth his door too high, seeketh after a fall.

He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters; and the well of wisdom is like a full stream.

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.

Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

He that giveth sentence in a matter before he hear it, is a fool, and worthy to be confounded.

With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

A man of great anger will bear the penalty [for his quick temper and lack of self-control];
For if you rescue him [and do not let him learn from the consequences of his action], you will only have to rescue him over and over again.

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

He who walks in his integrity [is] righteous; happy are his children who follow him.

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.

Differing weights are detestable and offensive to the Lord,
And fraudulent scales are not good.

Whoso hordeth up riches with the deceitfulness of his tongue: he is a fool, and like unto them that seek their own death.

Froward is the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright is his work.

When the scoffer is punished, the naive [observes the lesson and] becomes wise;
But when the wise and teachable person is instructed, he receives knowledge.

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable how much more when he offers it with vile motives!

Spears and snares are in the way of the froward; but he that will keep his soul, let him flee from such.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

Wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it and it is not? for making, it will make to it wings; as an eagle and it flew to the heavens.

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

Let not thine heart be jealous to follow sinners; but keep thee still in the fear of the LORD all the day long:

Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

“They struck me, but I was not hurt!
They beat me, but I did not feel it!
When will I wake up?
I will seek more wine.”

And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

Let not thy wrath and jealousy move thee, to follow the wicked and ungodly.

For their destruction shall come suddenly, and who knoweth the fall of them both?

But as for people who rebuke the wicked; a good blessing will fall upon them.

And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

[If] you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Like as the bird, and the swallow take their flight and flee here and there; so the curse that is given in vain, shall not light upon a man.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

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

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who cannot learn from its wisdom].

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man,
So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who remains unaffected by its wisdom].

The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Coals kindle heat, and wood the fire; even so doth a brawling fellow stir up variance.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

The one who works his land
will have plenty of food,
but whoever chases fantasies
will have his fill of poverty.

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, he hath no rest.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

He that feareth men, shall have a fall; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall come to honour.

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

There is no remembrance of those who came before;
and of those who will come after
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.