The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”

There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand:

under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

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

Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also praises her:

When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

till an arrow pierces his liver – like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.