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For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.


My son, do not reject or take lightly the discipline of the Lord [learn from your mistakes and the testing that comes from His correction through discipline];
Nor despise His rebuke,


So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;
Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

What the wicked fears will come about, but the longing of the righteous will be granted.

He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life,
And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death.

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Or ever thou canst turn thee about, the ungodly shall be overthrown; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

The one who narrows his eyes is planning deceptions;
the one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.

A king that sitteth in judgment, and looketh well about him, driveth away all evil.


“It is [almost] worthless, it is [almost] worthless,” says the buyer [as he negotiates the price];
But when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain].

It is a trap for a person to declare quickly, "This is sacred," and only later to have second thoughts about the vows.

The wicked man puts up a bold appearance, but the upright thinks about what he is doing.

Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings
about counsel and knowledge,

Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you.

Thou shalt not look upon wine when it shall be red, when it shall give its eye in the cup, it will go about in uprightnesses.

If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”
won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?
Won’t He who protects your life know?
Won’t He repay a person according to his work?

Don't be anxious about those who practice evil, and don't be envious of the wicked.

As I observed, I thought about it; I watched, and learned a lesson:

Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

Or he who hears it will reproach you,
And the evil report about you will not pass away.

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

Like as the door turneth about upon the threshold, even so doth the slothful welter himself in his bed.

As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person,
but the upright care about him.

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

There are three things that are magnificent in their step, four things that move about magnificently: