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‘How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
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for the Lord reproves the one he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
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Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
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a lovely deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you be intoxicated always by her love.
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Come, let us take our fill of love until morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
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I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
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endowing with wealth those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
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but those who miss me injure themselves; all who hate me love death.’
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A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you; the wise, when rebuked, will love you.
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Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offences.
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Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.
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A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
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Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.
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The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loves the one who pursues righteousness.
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Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
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Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves those who speak what is right.
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A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
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One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
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To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper.
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Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
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Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want; whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
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Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech will have the king as a friend.
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Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad, but to keep company with prostitutes is to squander one’s substance.
