The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.

Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing for the body.

He who labors works for himself, for his mouth craves it from him.

The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the Lord.

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Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.

A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

He accompanieth himself with all steadfast and healthsome doctrine, that hath a desire to it and is sequestered from company.

From the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach is satisfied;
he is filled with the product of his lips.

A man who finds a wife finds a good thing
and obtains favor from the Lord.

Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are nothing to him.

House and riches are the inheritance from fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to stray from the words of knowledge.

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

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

Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

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.

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

A wise king sifts out the wicked [from among the good]
And drives the [threshing] wheel over them [to separate the chaff from the grain].

The spirit (conscience) of man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching and examining all the innermost parts of his being.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

Whosoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with a rod, he shall not die.

You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from sheol.

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice; and he who fathers a wise child shall have joy from him.

Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Lest the LORD sees it, and it displeases him, and he turns away his wrath from him.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and keep no company with them that slide back from his fear:

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Like the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest,
So is a faithful messenger to those who send him;
For he refreshes the life of his masters.

If you find honey, eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you.

As cold water is to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

[Like] legs that hang limp from a lame person, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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

Like a [common] clay vessel covered with the silver dross [making it appear silver when it has no real value]
Are burning lips [murmuring manipulative words] and a wicked heart.

A stone is heavy and sand, a burden,
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

Wounds from someone who loves are trustworthy, but kisses from an enemy speak volumes.

The surfeited soul, trampleth upon droppings from the comb, but, to the hungry soul, 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, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

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.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?

When hay is removed and new growth appears
and the grain from the hills is gathered in,

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

He that giveth unto the poor, shall not want; but he that turneth away his eyes from such as be in necessity, shall suffer great poverty himself.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.

Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment cometh from Jehovah.

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:

Who hath climbed up into heaven? Who hath come down from thence? Who hath holden the wind fast in his hand? Who hath comprehended the waters in a garment? Who hath set all the ends of the world? What is his name, or his son's name? Canst thou tell?

I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

There is a generation whose teeth are as'swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

an unloved woman when she finds a husband, and a servant girl who inherits from her mistress.

A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away from any;

The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his mother.

lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

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

She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

She sees that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out, but it burns continually through the night [she is prepared for whatever lies ahead].

She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed with scarlet.

Give to her from the fruit of her hand, and may they praise her works in the city gates.

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.

The wind goeth toward the South and turneth unto the North, fetcheth his compass, whirleth about, and goeth forth and returneth again to his circuits from whence he did come.

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

All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

So I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, to apply my mind unto wisdom, and to comprehend foolishness until the time that among all the things which are under the Sun, I might see what were best for men to do, so long as they live under heaven.

I constructed reservoirs of water for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.

I also amassed silver and gold for myself, as well as valuable treasures taken from kingdoms and provinces. I acquired male singers and female singers for myself, and what gives a man sensual delight -- a harem of beautiful concubines!