Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

All he has made will give thanks to the Lord. Your loyal followers will praise you.

and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.

Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known even in the heart of fools.

The Lord abhors the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.

As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.

Is there anything about which someone can say, “Look at this! It is new!”? It was already done long ago, before our time.

The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover’s and my lover is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.

With bow and arrow men will hunt there, for the whole land will be covered with thorns and briers.