Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

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

for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.

The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

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

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.

When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

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

Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

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

When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.

A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible.

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.