but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

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

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down.

There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise:

Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land.

when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

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

When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”