they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.

A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent overlooks an insult.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

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

Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.

People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person’s innermost being.

A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness – but who can bear a crushed spirit?

A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the Lord.

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.