If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it all.

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

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have not done wrong.”

Under three things the earth trembles, and under four things it cannot bear up:

She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all of her household are clothed with scarlet.

Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

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

Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.

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

Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.

If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.

The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time – with self-control and not in drunkenness.

before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!