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Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.

Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.

lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so] is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.

for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah shall reward thee.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is [as] a city broken down, without walls.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.

As a dog turneth back to its vomit, [so] a fool repeateth his folly.

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish: it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.

so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him: