The fear of the Lord delights the heart and gives gladness and joy and long life.

Do not exalt yourself, or you may fall and bring dishonor upon yourself. The Lord will reveal your secrets and overthrow you before the whole congregation, because you did not come in the fear of the Lord, and your heart was full of deceit.

Set your heart right and be steadfast, and do not be impetuous in time of calamity.

Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands and to the sinner who walks a double path!

Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts and will humble themselves before him.

Do not follow your inclination and strength in pursuing the desires of your heart.

With all your heart honor your father, and do not forget the birth pangs of your mother.

Never dine with another man’s wife or revel with her at wine, or your heart may turn aside to her, and in blood you may plunge into destruction.

The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord; the heart has withdrawn from its Maker.

Enemies speak sweetly with their lips, but in their hearts they plan to throw you into a pit; enemies may have tears in their eyes, but if they find an opportunity they will never have enough of your blood.

The heart changes the countenance either for good or for evil.

The sign of a happy heart is a cheerful face, but to devise proverbs requires strenuous thinking.

Happy are those whose hearts do not condemn them and who have not given up their hope.

who reflect in their hearts on her ways and ponder her secrets,

He put the fear of him into their hearts to show them the majesty of his works.

People’s attire and hearty laughter and the way they walk proclaim things about them.

Those who hate reproof walk in the sinner’s steps, but those who fear the Lord repent in their heart.

The Preservation of Friendship

One who pricks the eye brings tears, and one who pricks the heart makes clear its feelings.

Some Extreme Forms of Evil

Any wound, but not a wound of the heart! Any wickedness, but not the wickedness of a woman!

Dejected mind, gloomy face, and wounded heart come from an evil wife. Drooping hands and weak knees come from the wife who does not make her husband happy.

Whether rich or poor, his heart is content, and at all times his face is cheerful.

The Worst of Evils: A Wicked Wife

Of three things my heart is frightened, and of a fourth I am in great fear: slander in the city, the gathering of a mob, and false accusation—all these are worse than death.

But it is heartache and sorrow when a wife has a rival, and a tongue-lashing makes it known to all.

Three Depressing Things

At two things my heart is grieved, and because of a third anger comes over me: a warrior in want through poverty, intelligent men who are treated contemptuously, and a man who turns back from righteousness to sin— the Lord will prepare him for the sword!

Whoever cherishes his son will bind up his wounds, and at every cry his heart will be troubled.