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

Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by.

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

The one who puts up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands will be secure.

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

Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.

A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

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

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.

When there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law, blessed is he!

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.

You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

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