So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,

The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding.

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding.

Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems instruction will be rewarded.

A laborer’s appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him to work.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

The one who gives an answer before he listens – that is his folly and his shame.

A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.

A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

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