6:29 So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife;
no one who touches her will escape punishment.
6:31 Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over,
he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
8:30 then I was beside him as a master craftsman,
and I was his delight day by day,
rejoicing before him at all times,
9:9 Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still;
teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
10:1 The Proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father rejoice,
but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
12:4 A noble wife is the crown of her husband,
but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
12:10 A righteous person cares for the life of his animal,
but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.
13:22 A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren,
but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
16:15 In the light of the king’s face there is life,
and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.
16:32 Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior,
and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.
17:12 It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs,
than to encounter a fool in his folly.
17:21 Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
18:11 The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city,
and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
19:7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him;
how much more do his friends avoid him –
he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.
19:12 A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
19:17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord,
and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
21:13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor,
he too will cry out and will not be answered.
22:16 The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain
and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.
25:13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
so is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
for he refreshes the heart of his masters.
25:18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow,
so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
26:17 Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears,
so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
27:14 If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.
27:18 The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
27:22 If you should pound the fool in the mortar
among the grain with the pestle,
his foolishness would not depart from him.
28:10 The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way
will himself fall into his own pit,
but the blameless will inherit what is good.
28:24 The one who robs his father and mother and says, “There is no transgression,”
is a companion to the one who destroys.
28:27 The one who gives to the poor will not lack,
but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.