let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:

for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.

As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.

He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

The tongue of the righteous man is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.

It is as sport to a foolish man to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

A fair woman who is without discretion, is as a gold ring in a swine's snout.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.

A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.

The fury of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.

A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.

The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.

The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

As apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.

As he that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a sad heart.

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

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.

As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.

As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

As coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

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

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

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

They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.

Two things do I ask of thee; deny me them not before I die: