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We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;


But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;
They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].

Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.


Do not quarrel with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

For they do not sleep, except when they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house.

My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you [so they are readily available to guide you].

in the twilight of the evening, when it began now to be night and dark.

He hath taken the bag of money with him: who can tell when he cometh home?"

suddenly to follow her - as it were an ox to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth to the stocks to be punished -

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

When he had not yet made earth and fields, or the first dust of the world,


The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it],
But a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.

Much food is in the plowed ground of the poor, but when there is no justice, it is swept away.

When a king is ready to speak officially, what he says should not err with respect to justice.

When a king’s face lights up, there is life;
his favor is like a cloud with spring rain.


Let a man meet a [ferocious] bear robbed of her cubs
Rather than the [angry, narcissistic] fool in his folly.


Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no common sense or even a heart for it?

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

A wise king, winnoweth out the lawless, when he hath turned over them the wheel.


When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, the one in right standing with God),
But to the evildoers it is disaster.

For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Lest the LORD, when he seeth it, be angry and turn his wrath from him unto thee.

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

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

lest when men hear thereof, it turn to thy dishonour, and lest thine evil name do not cease.