and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

for the Lord will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness – but who can bear a crushed spirit?

remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

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

She is clothed with strength and honor, and she can laugh at the time to come.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.