The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”

There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand:

under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

She is clothed with strength and honor, and she can laugh at the time to come.

Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also praises her:

So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, “I am determined to comprehend this” – but it was beyond my grasp.

Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.