To gain riches is wise; to pay for riches with happiness is foolish.

Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.

The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things that can be compared unto her.

A wise person will listen and take in more instruction.

A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.