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Scoffers set a city aflame,But wise men turn away anger.

Men of bloodshed hate the blameless,But the upright seek the well‑being of his soul.

A fool lets out all of his spirit,But a wise man holds it back.

The rod and reproof give wisdom,But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

When the wicked increase, transgression increases;But the righteous will see their fall.

Where there is no vision, the people are out of control,But how blessed is he who keeps the law.

A man's lofty pride will bring him low,But a lowly spirit will take hold of glory.

He who divides the spoil with a thief hates his own soul;He hears the oath but declares nothing.

Trembling before man brings a snare,But he who trusts in Yahweh will be set securely on high.

Many seek the face of a ruler,But justice for man comes from Yahweh.

Four things are small on the earth,But they are exceedingly wise:

The ants are not a strong people,But they prepare their food in the summer;

"Many daughters have done excellently,But you have gone above them all."

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

A generation goes and a generation comes,But the earth stands forever.

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that the fate of one becomes the fate of all of them.

I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, "God is testing them in order for them to see that they are but beasts."

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

But better off than both of them is the one who never has been, who has never seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not a second one to lift him up.