Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding.

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding.

Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems instruction will be rewarded.

A laborer’s appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him to work.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

The one who gives an answer before he listens – that is his folly and his shame.

A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.

Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone.

King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon.

Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

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

All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.