You will say, “They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”

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

No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.

Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:

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.

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;