'Says' in the Bible

“Whoever is naive or inexperienced, let him turn in here!”As for him who lacks understanding, she says,

“Whoever is naive or inexperienced, let him turn in here!”And to him who lacks understanding (common sense), she says,

“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].

The lazy one [manufactures excuses and] says, “There is a lion outside!I will be killed in the streets [if I go out to work]!”

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [in behavior—one who manipulates].He says to you, “Eat and drink,”Yet his heart is not with you [but it is begrudging the cost].

He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”Peoples will curse him, nations will denounce him;

The lazy person [who is self-indulgent and relies on lame excuses] says, “There is a lion in the road!A lion is in the open square [and if I go outside to work I will be killed]!”

So is the man who deceives his neighbor (acquaintance, friend)And then says, “Was I not joking?”

He who robs his father or his motherAnd says, “This is no sin,”Is [not only a thief but also] the companion of a man who destroys.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle:The man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ucal:

Sheol, and the barren womb,Earth that is never satisfied with water,And fire that never says, “It is enough.”

This is the way of an adulterous woman:She eats and wipes her mouthAnd says, “I have done no wrong.”