True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!

Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

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

As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

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

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

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have not done wrong.”

for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;