The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.

then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,

She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.

The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will become a slave.

Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel.

Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.

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

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

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.