He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,

When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.

A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible.

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all of her household are clothed with scarlet.

I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

Those who are champions at drinking wine are as good as dead, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.

I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the Lord.

They said to him, “Please sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch sat down and read it to them.

נ (Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.

Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’

So what will you do on the festival day, on the festival days of the Lord?

They do not jostle one another; each of them marches straight ahead. They burst through the city defenses and do not break ranks.

The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.

Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.

Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket.