With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.

Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.

“Many daughters have done valiantly, but you surpass them all!”

so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

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

for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.

The one who puts up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands will be secure.

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems instruction will be rewarded.

The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked lacks food.

The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.

The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.