A poor man is shunned by all his relatives - how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found |
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. |
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. |
A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house |
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. |
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. |
A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has discernment sees through him |
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. |
A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame. |
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. |
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. |
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. |
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. |
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. |