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If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.

Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

…the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!

Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:

Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.

Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”

The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.

I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.

How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.

You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.

You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.

You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?

Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.

You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.

Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim?

Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim?

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.

You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.