Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.

For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.

Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.

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

The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.

(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

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

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.

Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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

People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.