My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

You put up your high places at the top of every street, and made the grace of your form a disgusting thing, opening your feet to everyone who went by, increasing your loose ways.

Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.

But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.

A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

Better is open protest than love kept secret.