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Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.
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Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
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Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
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A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
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It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
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Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?
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The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord that sheds light on one’s inmost being.
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Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
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So that your trust may be in the Lord, I teach you today, even you.
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teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
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Saying 6
Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
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If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
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thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
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One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
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You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.
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If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
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Servants cannot be corrected by mere words; though they understand, they will not respond.
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A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent.
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“Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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“Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.
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those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;
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a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
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a contemptible woman who gets married, and a servant who displaces her mistress.
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She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants.
