A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.

The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.

All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Thorns [and] snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.

The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;

Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

If you have no money to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money

Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;

for he doth as a man that pescribeth a measure in his heart. He sayeth unto thee, "Eat and drink," whereas his heart is not with thee.

Speak not in the ears of a foolish man, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

For by wise counsel you shall make your war; and in a multitude of wise men there is safety.

Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth.

He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

He that saith to the lawless man, Righteous, thou art, peoples shall denounce him, populations shall curse him;

Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

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 went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Remove a lawless man from before the king, that his throne, may be established in righteousness.

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himself, and discover not another man's secret:

lest when men hear thereof, it turn to thy dishonour, and lest thine evil name do not cease.

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.

Clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that boasteth himself of a false gift.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

A city broken down without walls, Is a man without restraint over his spirit!

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.

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in 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].

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

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].

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.

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

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy person on his bed [never getting out of it].

The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Whoso goeth by and meddleth with other men's strife, he is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

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

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

The lambs shall clothe thee, and for the goats thou shalt have money to thy husbandry.

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

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

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

Those who set aside the law [of God and man] praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law [of God and man] struggle with them.

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.