3:6 Acknowledge him in all your ways,
and he will make your paths straight.
9:4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,”
she says to those who lack understanding.
9:16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,”
she says to those who lack understanding.
10:24 What the wicked fears will come on him;
what the righteous desire will be granted.
15:8 The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked,
but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
15:12 The scorner does not love one who corrects him;
he will not go to the wise.
16:26 A laborer’s appetite works on his behalf,
for his hunger urges him to work.
16:29 A violent person entices his neighbor,
and leads him down a path that is terrible.
17:11 An evil person seeks only rebellion,
and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
18:3 When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him,
and with shame comes a reproach.
18:14 A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness –
but who can bear a crushed spirit?
20:7 The righteous person behaves in integrity;
blessed are his children after him.
21:25 What the sluggard desires will kill him,
for his hands refuse to work.
24:18 lest the Lord see it, and be displeased,
and turn his wrath away from him.
26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
lest you yourself also be like him.
28:22 The stingy person hastens after riches
and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
30:31 a strutting rooster, a male goat,
and a king with his army around him.
31:1 The words of King Lemuel,
an oracle that his mother taught him:
31:12 She brings him good and not evil
all the days of her life.