'Person' in the Bible

The ransom of a person's life is his wealth, but the poor person hears no threat.

Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.

Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.

Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel.

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.

A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.

A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time -- how good it is!

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

The Lord abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.

A king's wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible.

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.

The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.

The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.

The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.

A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

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

It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

Counsel in a person's heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person -- who can find?

The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord -- so how can anyone understand his own way?

It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, "Holy!" and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

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

When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.

A proud and arrogant person, whose name is "Scoffer," acts with overbearing pride.

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

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.

A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.

The eyes of the Lord guard knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless person.

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.

Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.

If you say, "But we did not know about this," does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.

Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land.

Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?"

Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.

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.

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.

An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.