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So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from the right path.

As a sour grape is hurtful to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so iniquity hurts those that practise it.

As an ornament in a swine’s snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded women.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.

As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favour.

Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; and be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness.

A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.

A large and small weight, and divers measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and so is he that makes them.

As a rush of water, so is the king’s heart in God’s hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.

He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.

so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him:

A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw-teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.

The horse-leech had three dearly-beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough.

lest thy friend continue to reproach thee, so thy quarrel and enmity shall not depart, but shall be to thee like death. Favour and friendship set a man free, which do thou keep for thyself, lest thou be made liable to reproach; but take heed to thy ways peaceably.

As a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so is it to speak a wise word.

In an ear-ring of gold a precious sardius is also set; so is a wise word to an obedient ear.

As a fall of snow in the time of harvest is good against heat, so a faithful messenger refreshes those that send him; for he helps the souls of his employers.

As winds and clouds and rains are most evident objects, so is he that boasts of a false gift.

As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.