When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent – both of them are an abomination to the Lord.

Diverse weights and diverse measures – the Lord abhors both of them.

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

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