A patient man is better than one strong; and he that can rule himself, is more worth than he that winneth a city.

A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

He who loves transgression loves strife and is quarrelsome;
He who [proudly] raises his gate seeks destruction [because of his arrogant pride].

He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

A [closed-minded] fool does not delight in understanding,
But only in revealing his personal opinions [unwittingly displaying his self-indulgence and his stupidity].

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

He who is careless in his work
Is a brother to him who destroys.

The righteous accuseth himself first of all; if his neighbour come, he shall find him.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding [loves] to find good.

The one who keeps commands preserves himself;
one who disregards his ways will die.

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
Whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute,
but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.

Many a person will proclaim his loyalty [for] himself, but a man [who is] trustworthy, who can find?

Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

He who guards his mouth and his tongue
Guards himself from troubles.

A false witness shall perish; but he that will be content to hear, shall always have power to speak himself.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

He who oppresses or exploits the poor to get more for himself
Or who gives to the rich [to gain influence and favor], will only come to poverty.

for the LORD himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

For their redeemer is strong, he himself will plead their cause against you.

He who plans to do evil for himself, they will call [him] "master of mischief."

Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?

While your enemies are falling, do not rejoice; when he trips himself, may your heart not be glad

He maketh himself to be well loved, that giveth a good answer.

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

He that can not rule himself, is like a city which is broken down, and hath no walls.

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

Like as the door turneth about upon the threshold, even so doth the slothful welter himself in his bed.

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
But he stores up deceit in his heart.

Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold [to separate the impurities of the metal],
And each is tested by the praise given to him [and his response to it, whether humble or proud].

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

In the rejoicing of the just, much glory: in the rising up of the unjust, man will hide himself.

The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

The one who trusts in himself is a fool,
but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

He that giveth unto the poor, shall not want; but he that turneth away his eyes from such as be in necessity, shall suffer great poverty himself.

When lawless men rise, a common man will hide himself, but, when they perish, righteous men multiply.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

He that shareth with a thief, hateth himself, an oath, he heareth, yet may not tell.

Forsomuch as a man should weary himself with wisdom, with understanding and opportunity, and yet be fain to leave his labours unto another, that never sweat for them. This is also a vain thing and a great misery.

For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and assure himself that there is good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God.

What profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled?

The fool folds his hands [together] and consumes his own flesh [destroying himself by idleness and apathy].

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

Also every man which God gave to him wealth and riches, and permitted him to eat from it, and to lift up his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this the gift of God himself.

For he will not often consider the [troubled] days of his life, because God keeps him occupied and focused on the joy of his heart [and the tranquility of God indwells him].

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

All the labour that man taketh is for himself, and yet his desire is never filled after his mind.

What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

The thing that hath been is named already, and known - that it is man himself: neither may he go to law with him that is mightier than he.

The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging himself in his wrong.

Because now that evil works are not hastily punished, the heart of man giveth himself over unto wickedness.

Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred times, and prolonging himself for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

A doting fool thinketh, that every man doth as foolishly as himself.

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

If, blunt, be the iron, and, himself, hath not sharpened, the edge, then, much force, must he apply, - but, an advantage for giving success, is wisdom.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street.

Moreover, besides being wise himself, the Teacher taught people what he had learned by listening, making inquiries, and composing many proverbs.

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

(The Chorus)“Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where is your beloved hiding himself,
That we may seek him with you?”

My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.

But the Lord of hosts will be exalted in justice,
And God, the Holy One, will show Himself holy in righteousness [through His righteous judgments].

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

Then he will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he'll also be a stone with which someone strikes himself, a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem.

Yea, all the glory of his woods and fields shall be consumed with body and soul. As for himself, he shall be as one chased away.

And it shall come to pass in that day, That My Lord will again a second time set his hand, to possess himself of the remnant of his people, - who shall be left - from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Ethiopia and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the Coastlands of the sea;