-
Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,
-
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.
-
The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
-
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
-
“Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
-
Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.
-
Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.
-
The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot.
-
The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.
-
Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.
-
People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.
-
It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.
-
Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.
-
The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.
-
An inheritance claimed too soon will not be blessed at the end.
-
The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
-
But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.
-
If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
-
Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.
-
A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.
-
Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.
-
“There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;
-
Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
