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

All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

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

The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one receives justice.

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don’t spare them!

Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

As for all the kings of the nations, all of them lie down in splendor, each in his own tomb.

They help one another; one says to the other, ‘Be strong!’

For he is not predisposed to afflict or to grieve people.

No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission,