for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.

If they say, “Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.

Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.