Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
Better a dry morsel and ease with it than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
A servant who acts with good sense will rule over a son who brings shame, and among brothers he will divide an inheritance.
A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD tests hearts.
An evildoer attends to a lip of iniquity; a liar gives ear to a tongue of destruction.
One who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; one glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
The crown of the old is the sons of sons, and the beauty of sons is their fathers.
A lip of excess is not fitting for a senseless fool — how much less a lip of falsehood for a noble!
A bribe is a stone of grace in the eyes of its owner; wherever he turns, he prospers.
One who covers a transgression seeks love, but one who repeats a matter separates a close friend.
A rebuke goes deeper into one who understands than a hundred blows into a fool.
An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
One who returns evil for good — evil will not depart from his house.
The beginning of strife is letting out water, so abandon a quarrel before it breaks out.
One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous — both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom, when he has no heart?
A friend loves at every time, and a brother is born for distress.
A man who lacks heart strikes hands, going surety before his neighbor.
One who loves transgression loves strife; one who makes his opening high seeks a breaking.
The crooked of heart will not find good, and one turned over in his tongue will fall into evil.
One who begets a fool — it is grief to him; and the father of a senseless fool does not rejoice.
A glad heart makes a good healing, but a stricken spirit dries up the bone.
A wicked man takes a bribe from the bosom to turn aside the paths of judgment.
Wisdom is before the face of one who understands, but the eyes of a fool are at the end of the earth.
A foolish son is vexation to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Also, punishing the righteous is not good, or striking nobles for uprightness.
One who restrains his sayings knows knowledge, and one precious of spirit is a man of insight.
Even a stubborn fool who keeps silent is thought wise; one who shuts his lips, understanding.