Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

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

Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.

Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known even in the heart of fools.

The Lord abhors the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.

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

A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out

by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people publicize folly.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

A toss of a coin ends disputes, and settles the issue between strong opponents.

Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.