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All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.