Restrain Yourself 6 1-3 When you go out to dinner with an influential person, mind your manners: Don’t gobble your food, don’t talk with your mouth full. And don’t stuff…

Intelligence Outranks Muscle 19 1-2 Don’t envy bad people; don’t even want to be around them. All they think about is causing a disturbance; all they talk about is making…

Further Wise Sayings of Solomon The Right Word at the Right Time 1 There are also these proverbs of Solomon, collected by scribes of Hezekiah, king of Judah. 2 God…

Fools Recycle Silliness 1 We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest. 2 You have as little to fear from an…

You Don’t Know Tomorrow 1 Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow; you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. 2 Don’t call attention to yourself; let others…

If You Desert God’s Law 1 The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one’s after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as…

If People Can’t See What God Is Doing 1 For people who hate discipline and only get more stubborn, There’ll come a day when life tumbles in and they break,…

The Words of Agur Ben Yakeh God? Who Needs Him? 1-2 The skeptic swore, “There is no God! No God!—I can do anything I want! I’m more animal than human;…

Speak Out for Justice 2-3 “Oh, son of mine, what can you be thinking of! Child whom I bore! The son I dedicated to God! Don’t dissipate your virility on…