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Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.

This has become mine,
That I observe Your precepts.

May the arrogant become ashamed, because they have subverted me with deceit; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

May my heart be blameless with respect to your statutes so that I may not become ashamed. Kaf

Mine eyes, have become dim for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word.

Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

[Those who] make them become like them, [as does] everyone who trusts in them.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night”

To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them!

Lord, do not grant the desires of the wicked;
do not let them achieve their goals.
Otherwise, they will become proud.Selah

Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.

Their judges, have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet.

Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.


He who puts up security and guarantees a debt for an outsider will surely suffer [for his foolishness],
But he who hates (declines) being a guarantor is secure [from its penalties].


If the righteous will be rewarded on the earth [with godly blessings],
How much more [will] the wicked and the sinner [be repaid with punishment]!

Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, be to them who devise good.

In the heart of him who has understanding, wisdom rests, but [even] in the midst of fools it becomes known.

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.


A man lacking common sense gives a pledge
And becomes guarantor [for the debt of another] in the presence of his neighbor.


When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes,
And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).

Strike a scoffer and the naive may become shrewd,
But reprove one who has understanding and he will gain knowledge.

Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.

With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.


The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].


Do not be among those who give pledges [involving themselves in others’ finances],
Or among those who become guarantors for others’ debts.

So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, - or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:

“They struck me, but I did not become ill;
They beat me, but I did not know it.
When shall I awake?
I will seek another drink.”

When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

Answer a fool according to his foolishness
or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.


When the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves;
But when the wicked perish, the [consistently] righteous increase and become great.

When the righteous become great, the people rejoice, but, when a lawless man beareth rule, a people sigh.


If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.

When the lawless become great, transgression increaseth, but, the righteous, shall behold, their ruin.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

Don’t slander a servant to his master
or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

And if one shall become strong against him, two shall stand before him; and a three-fold thread shall not be quickly broken.

for the poor youth has [used his wisdom and] come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

For when those riches are lost in bad investments and he becomes the father of a son, then there is nothing in his hand [for the support of the child].

Do not be so very lawless, neither become thou foolish, - wherefore shouldst thou die, before thy time?

Whenever a sentence for a crime is not carried out swiftly, the human mind becomes determined to commit evil.

That land is blessed whose king is of noble birth, whose princes feast at the right time, for strength, and not to become drunk.

In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,

And the doors in the street be closed, when the sound of the mill become low, - and one rise at the chirp of a small bird, and low-voiced be all the daughters of song;

Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.