From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach is satisfied, with the product of his lips is he satisfied.

Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!”

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Fearing the Lord prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.

The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.

The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him:

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

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

Kings reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness;

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

Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.