For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.

by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.

then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,

As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

A wicked person shows boldness with his face, but as for the upright, he discerns his ways.

Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,

Do not say, "I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done."

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.

As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person.

As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.

The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.

Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.

Two things I ask from you; do not refuse me before I die:

For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.