A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

In the multitude of words there wanted not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD.

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.