בַּעַל

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.