In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.

The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one receives justice.

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

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

A wicked person shows boldness with his face, but as for the upright, he discerns his ways.

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

Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.

Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.