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As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.

for so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee with good.

The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.

As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.

As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so is it unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.

As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.

As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation.

As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame that is glory and grace.]

As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.

As he that lays hold of a dog’s tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another’s cause.

so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.

On a stormy day drops of rain drive a man out of his house; so also does a railing woman drive a man out of his own house.

He that plants a fig-tree shall eat the fruits of it: so he that waits on his own master shall be honoured.

As faces are not like other faces, so neither are the thoughts of men.

Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable. [He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.]

so they that forsake the law praise ungodliness; but they that love the law fortify themselves with a wall.

She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood.

So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me.