The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;

Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:

The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.

Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

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

In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

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

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.

So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

before the mountains were set in place – before the hills – I was born,

The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead.