Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.

Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.

In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.

Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler!

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.

The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.

For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless.

For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path.

It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows.

It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.

All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed.

The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.

Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.

Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.