Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.

Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.

A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one’s heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile – like chasing the wind.

For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”

yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.