Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the Lord.

The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.

All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.

Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by.

A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked.

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

She brings him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

The Lord abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.

A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.