how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot – a son of man, who is only a worm!”

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.

A foreigner and a hired worker must not eat it.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;

A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.

“When a garment has a diseased infection in it, whether a wool or linen garment,

And David says, “Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water!

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

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

“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

one male goat for a purification offering;

one male goat for a purification offering;

one male goat for a purification offering;