It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

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 one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

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

The one who robs his father and mother and says, “There is no transgression,” is a companion to the one who destroys.

The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.