I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold.

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.

And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

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

The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

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

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

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

The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

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.

A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

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

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

Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.

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

And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

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.

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.

And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.