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The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English.

He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!