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

To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom, and her branches are long life.

Those who respect their father will have long life, and those who honor their mother obey the Lord;

Whoever loves her loves life, and those who seek her from early morning will be filled with joy.

Faithful friends are life-saving medicine, and those who fear the Lord will find them.

In all you do, remember the end of your life, and then you will never sin.

Keep far from those who have power to kill, and you will not be haunted by the fear of death. But if you approach them, make no misstep, or they may rob you of your life. Know that you are stepping among snares and that you are walking on the city battlements.

How can dust and ashes be proud? Even in life the human body is infested with worms.

Good things and bad, life and death, poverty and wealth, come from the Lord.

An hour’s misery makes one forget delights, and at the close of one’s life one’s deeds are revealed.

Before each person are life and death, and whichever one chooses will be given.

He bestowed knowledge upon them and allotted to them the law of life.

The number of days in their life is great if they reach one hundred years.

One may lose his life through shame or lose it because of a foolish person.

The knowledge of the wise will increase like a flood and their counsel like a life-giving spring.

Weep for the dead, for they have left the light behind, and weep for the fool, for they have left intelligence behind. Weep less bitterly for the dead, for they are at rest, but the life of the fool is worse than death.

O Lord, Father and Master of my life, do not abandon me to their designs, and do not let me fall among them!

O Lord, Father and God of my life, do not give me haughty eyes,

I hate three kinds of people, and I loathe their manner of life: a pauper who boasts, a rich person who lies, and an old adulterer who lacks sense.

Tests in Life

When a sieve is shaken, the refuse appears; so does a person’s waste when he speaks.

Remember the end of your life and set enmity aside; remember corruption and death and be true to the commandments.

Do not forget the kindness of your guarantor, for he has given his life for you.

Home and Hospitality

The necessities of life are water, bread, and clothing, and also a house to assure privacy.

Better is the life of the poor under their own crude roof than sumptuous food in the house of strangers.

It is a miserable life to go from house to house; as a guest you should not open your mouth;