lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;

and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for strangers, hold him in pledge.

Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.

Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh; an oracle: This man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ukal:

and I saw among the naive – I discerned among the youths – a young man who lacked wisdom.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.

the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.

An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.