The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person’s innermost being.

Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

A person’s wisdom makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

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

It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, “Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

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

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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

It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.

Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.

Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, “Was I not only joking?”

The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into a person’s innermost being.