Proverbs 12:14

12:14 A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words,

and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

Proverbs 15:17

15:17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love

than a fattened ox where there is hatred.

Proverbs 16:16

16:16 How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold;

to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

Proverbs 16:19

16:19 It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted

than to share the spoils with the proud.

Proverbs 17:1

17:1 Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness

than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 17:20

17:20 The one who has a perverse heart does not find good,

and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

Proverbs 17:26

17:26 It is terrible to punish a righteous person,

and to flog honorable men is wrong.

Proverbs 19:2

19:2 It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge,

and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

Proverbs 21:9

21:9 It is better to live on a corner of the housetop

than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 24:13

24:13 Eat honey, my child, for it is good,

and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 25:7

25:7 for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”

than to put you lower before a prince,

whom your eyes have seen.

Proverbs 25:24

25:24 It is better to live on a corner of the housetop

than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 28:10

28:10 The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way

will himself fall into his own pit,

but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Proverbs 28:21

28:21 To show partiality is terrible,

for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.