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do not hastily bring out to court, for what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.

For coals of fire you will heap upon his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

A breached city where there is no wall is like a man who has no self-control for his spirit.

Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.

When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations are in his heart.

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the day will bring.

As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them, and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

Take his garment, for he gives surety to a stranger, and to an adulteress—so take his pledge.

A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man is tested by the mouth of him who praises him.

For riches are not forever, nor a crown for generation after generation.

And there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and the nourishment of your maidservants.

He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

He who hurries for wealth is a man with an evil eye, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but for he who turns his eyes, there are many curses.

A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.