As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.