Better is a dry crust of bread ¹  where there is quietness ²  than a house full of feasting with strife. ³ 

The one who has a perverse heart ¹  does not find good, ²  and the one who is deceitful in speech ³  falls into trouble.

It is terrible ¹  to punish ²  a righteous person, and to flog ³  honorable men is wrong. ⁴ 

It is dangerous ¹  to have zeal ²  without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily ³  makes poor choices. ⁴ 

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop ¹  than in a house in company ²  with a quarrelsome wife. ³ 

Eat honey, ¹  my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

for it is better for him ¹  to say to you, “Come up here,” ²  than to put you lower ³  before a prince, whom your eyes have seen. ⁴ 

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife. ¹ 

The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, ¹  but the blameless will inherit what is good. ² 

To show partiality ¹  is terrible, ²  for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread. ³ 

and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things ¹  are a gift from God.

Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil ¹  and chasing the wind.

Two people are better than one, because they can reap ¹  more benefit ²  from their labor.

A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

It is better to be content with ¹  what the eyes can see ²  than for one’s heart always to crave more. ³  This continual longing ⁴  is futile – like ⁵  chasing the wind.

For ¹  there is not one truly ²  righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ ¹  The Lord says, ‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’ ² 

add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

So now, Lord, kill me instead, ¹  because I would rather die than live!” ² 

yet you ¹  hate what is good, ²  and love what is evil. ³  You flay my people’s skin ⁴  and rip the flesh from their bones. ⁵