It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

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

And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, but the poor person hears no threat.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

Her hands take hold of the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle.

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord – so how can anyone understand his own way?

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.

In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one receives justice.

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