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

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.

Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

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

All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.

The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

So my heart constantly sighs for Moab, like the strumming of a harp, my inner being sighs for Kir Hareseth.

who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running on flat land they did not stumble.

“‘Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.

Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters.

A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst.

And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.

A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.