The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.

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

All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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

for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.

The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand:

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

rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;

a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.