think about Him in all your ways,
and He will guide you on the right paths.

My son, do not reject or take lightly the discipline of the Lord [learn from your mistakes and the testing that comes from His correction through discipline];
Nor despise His rebuke,

So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;
Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

a heart that goeth about with wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to do mischief,

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

What the wicked fears will come about, but the longing of the righteous will be granted.

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life,
And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death.

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Or ever thou canst turn thee about, the ungodly shall be overthrown; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man cares about his animal’s health,
but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

The one who narrows his eyes is planning deceptions;
the one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker, and whoever is happy about disaster will not go unpunished.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.

But the rich man's goods are his stronghold, yea he taketh them for a high wall round about him.

The just one going about in his integrity: his sons happy after him.

A king that sitteth in judgment, and looketh well about him, driveth away all evil.

“It is [almost] worthless, it is [almost] worthless,” says the buyer [as he negotiates the price];
But when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain].

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

It is a trap for a person to declare quickly, "This is sacred," and only later to have second thoughts about the vows.

The wicked man puts up a bold appearance, but the upright thinks about what he is doing.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings
about counsel and knowledge,

Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you.

for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Thou shalt not look upon wine when it shall be red, when it shall give its eye in the cup, it will go about in uprightnesses.

for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”
won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?
Won’t He who protects your life know?
Won’t He repay a person according to his work?

Don't be anxious about those who practice evil, and don't be envious of the wicked.

As I observed, I thought about it; I watched, and learned a lesson:

And thy poverty came going about, and thy want as a man of shield.

Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

Or he who hears it will reproach you,
And the evil report about you will not pass away.

The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.

A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.

As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

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

As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

Do not boast {about tomorrow}, for you do not know what the day will bring.

Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person,
but the upright care about him.

A person's pride will bring about his downfall, but the humble in spirit will gain honor.

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

There are three things that are magnificent in their step, four things that move about magnificently:

Strength and dignity are her garments; she smiles about the future.

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

Can one say about anything,
“Look, this is new”?
It has already existed in the ages before us.

So {I dedicated myself} to learn about wisdom and [to] learn about delusion and folly. However, I discovered that this also [is] chasing wind.

I said about laughter, “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does this accomplish?”

I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.

Then I examined all of my accomplishments that I had brought about by my own efforts, including the work that I had labored so hard to complete and it was all pointless, like chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained on earth.

For a wise man beareth his eyes about in his head, but the fool goeth in the darkness. I perceived also that they both had one end.

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

I saw all the living who move about under the sun with the youth; the second who will stand in his place.

For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.

Whatever has happened was foreordained, and what happens to a person was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is.

Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.

I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things , and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

For he has absolutely no knowledge what will happen, since who can declare to him when it will come about?

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives -- then they die.

At least the living know they will die, but the dead know nothing; they no longer have a reward, since memory about them has been forgotten.

Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.

This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me:

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts. Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom. For a bird will fly by and tell what you say, or something with wings may talk about it.

So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many -- all that is about to come is obscure.

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

But beyond this my son, [about going further than the words given by one Shepherd], be warned: the writing of many books is endless [so do not believe everything you read], and excessive study and devotion to books is wearying to the body.

Tell me, thou loved of my soul! Where wilt thou pasture thy flock? Where wilt thou let them recline at noon? For why should I be as one that wrappeth a veil about her, by the flocks of thy companions?

The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

The Beloved about Her Lover: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

The Beloved about Her Lover: He brought me into the banquet hall, and he looked at me lovingly.

Set about me cups of wine, comfort me with apples; for I am sick of love.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.

The Beloved about Her Lover: Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!

The Beloved about Her Lover: My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

Your teeth are like a flock of sheep about to be sheared, who are coming up from being washed. All of them are twins, not one has lost her young.

Thou shalt come with me from Lebanon, O bride, with me from Lebanon: thou shalt go round about from the head of faith, from the head of Shenir and Hermon, from the dwellings of lions, from the mountains of panthers.

The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: "Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."

I opened to my beloved, and my beloved turned about, he passed away: my soul went forth in his speaking: I sought and I found him not; I called him and he answered me not

The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

What is so special about your beloved, most beautiful of women? What is so special about your beloved, that you charge us like this?

The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover's and my lover is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

“Before I was aware [of what was happening], my desire had brought me
Into the area of the princes of my people [the king’s retinue].”