10:24 What the wicked fears 1 will come on him;
what the righteous desire 2 will be granted. 3
12:3 No one 4 can be established 5 through wickedness,
but a righteous root 6 cannot be moved.
12:14 A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, 7
and the work of his hands 8 will be rendered to 9 him.
13:4 The appetite 10 of the sluggard 11 craves 12 but gets nothing,
but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied. 13
14:18 The naive inherit 14 folly,
but the shrewd 15 are crowned 16 with knowledge.
14:29 The one who is slow to anger has great understanding,
but the one who has a quick temper 17 exalts 18 folly.
16:2 All a person’s ways 19 seem right 20 in his own opinion, 21
but the Lord evaluates 22 the motives. 23
17:8 A bribe works like 24 a charm 25 for the one who offers it; 26
in whatever he does 27 he succeeds. 28
17:13 As for the one who repays 29 evil for good,
evil will not leave 30 his house. 31
20:6 Many people profess their loyalty, 32
but a faithful person 33 – who can find? 34
20:8 A king sitting on the throne to judge 35
separates out 36 all evil with his eyes. 37
21:22 The wise person 38 can scale 39 the city of the mighty
and bring down the stronghold 40 in which they trust. 41
22:15 Folly is bound up 42 in the heart of a child, 43
but the rod of discipline 44 will drive it far from him.
24:7 Wisdom is unattainable 45 for a fool;
in court 46 he does not open his mouth. 47
24:32 When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; 48
I received instruction from what I saw: 49
25:2 It is the glory of God 50 to conceal 51 a matter,
and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.
27:18 The one who tends a fig tree 52 will eat its fruit, 53
and whoever takes care of 54 his master will be honored.
27:27 And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, 55
for the food of your household,
and for the sustenance 56 of your servant girls.
28:21 To show partiality 57 is terrible, 58
for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread. 59
29:19 A servant 60 cannot be corrected 61 by words,
for although 62 he understands, there is no answer. 63