If you say, “But we did not know about this,” does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?

The Lord abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

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

The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity – every good way.

For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

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