Proverbs

An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.

The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.

A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man.

As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another.

The wicked man flees though no one pursues,
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but man is tested by the praise he receives.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law resist them.

Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Stone is heavy and sand a burden,
but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

Evil men do not understand justice,
but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.