A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

So that your confidence may be in the Lord, I am making them known to you today – even you.

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

The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.

Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.

Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is!

Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.

Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

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