A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!”

Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?

The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.”

Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.

whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife –