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Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

The Lord made His people very fruitful;
He made them more numerous than their foes,

At his word the locusts came, and young locusts more than might be numbered,

The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.

Shin.
Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heart stands in [reverent] awe of Your words [so I can expect You to help me].

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]—
From where shall my help come?

Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
for we’ve had more than enough contempt.

We’ve had more than enough
scorn from the arrogant
and contempt from the proud.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

O Israel, hope in the Lord, for the Lord exhibits loyal love, and is more than willing to deliver.

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't consider Jerusalem to be more important than my highest joy.

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

for she is more profitable than silver,
and her revenue is better than gold.

For wisdom is more worth than precious stones; yea, all the things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared unto it.

My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

It is, mere sport to a stupid man, to commit lewdness, but, wisdom, pertaineth to a man of understanding.

Whoso hath a wise understanding is called to counsel; but he that can speak fair, getteth more riches.

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

Unseemly in an unworthy man, is the lip of excellence, much more, in one of noble mind, the lip of falsehood.

For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] for a slave to rule over princes.

A man in a rage, taketh away the penalty, - nevertheless, if thou let him go free, the more stripes must thou add.

My son, heareth no more the doctrine that leadeth thee away from the words of understanding.

There is gold, and an abundance of jewels;
But the lips of knowledge are a more precious thing.

When the scornful is punished, the ignorant take the better heed; and when a wise man is warned, he will receive the more understanding.


“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.”

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

The slothful one is wise in his eyes more than seven turning back a reason.


Stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But a fool’s [unreasonable] wrath is heavier and more burdensome than both of them.

The seat of the king that faithfully judgeth the poor, shall continue sure for ever more.

By mere words a servant will not be corrected; even though he understands, there will be no response.

Everything is wearisome, more than man is able to express. The eye is never satisfied by seeing, nor the ear by hearing.

The thing that is past, is out of remembrance; Even so the things that are for to come, shall no more be thought upon among them that come after.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

I bought male and female slaves and had slaves born in my house. I also possessed herds and flocks larger than any who preceded me in Jerusalem.

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

Thus turned, I, to look at wisdom, and madness and folly, - for what can the man do more who cometh after the king? save that which, already, men have done.

I concluded that wisdom is more useful than foolishness, just as light is more useful than darkness.

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.

There was nothing more blessed for Man than that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil, - even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.

"As for human beings," I told myself, "God puts them to the test, that they might see themselves as mere animals."