If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, “Was I not only joking?”

The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone – it will come back on him.

Whoever hides her hides the wind or grasps oil with his right hand.

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

a strutting rooster, a male goat, and a king with his army around him.

She extends her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hand to the needy.

She makes for herself coverlets; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.

The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.

Obey the king’s command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.

When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.

A wise person’s good sense protects him, but a fool’s lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.

If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses.

One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,

The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.