1) The assumptions of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue belongs to the Lord.
2) All a person’s ways are pure in his eyes, but the Lord weighs souls.
3) Commit your deeds to the Lord, and your undertakings will be accomplished.
4) The Lord did everything for His own sake; and he watches even the wicked for the day of disaster.
5) Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; you can guarantee that he will not go unpunished. [The beginning of a good journey is to do the truth; this is more acceptable before God than making sacrifices. He who seeks the Lord will find knowledge with righteousness; those who truly seek Him will find peace.]
6) Through mercy and righteousness sin is cleansed, and the fear of the Lord leads away from evil.
7) When a person’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, He reconciles his enemies with him.
8) Better is a little with righteousness than much gain with untruth.
9) The heart of man ponders its path, but the Lord controls its course.
10) In the mouth of the king is an inspired word; his mouth shall not err in judgment.
11) Faithful scales and weighing bowls are from the Lord; All the weights in the bag come from Him.
12) An abomination to kings is a lawless deed, because the throne is established by righteousness.
13) The king delights in truthful lips, and he loves the one who speaks the truth.
14) Royal anger is the harbinger of death; but a wise man will appease him.
15) In the bright gaze of the king there is life, and his favor is like a cloud with the latter rain.
16) The acquisition of wisdom is much better than gold, and the acquisition of intelligence is preferable to choice silver.
17) The path of the righteous is avoidance of evil: he who preserves his soul preserves his path.
18) Pride goes before destruction, and arrogance before a fall.
19) It is better to be humble in spirit with the meek than to divide the spoils with the proud.
20) He who conducts business wisely will find good, and he who trusts in the Lord is blessed.
21) The wise in heart will be called prudent, and sweet speech will add to his teaching.
22) For those who have it, understanding is the source of life, but the learning of fools is folly.
23) The heart of a wise man makes his tongue wise and increases knowledge in his mouth.
24) Pleasant speech is like honey, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
25) There are ways that seem right to a person, but their end is the way to death.
26) The worker works for himself because his mouth compels him to do so.
27) The wicked man plots evil, and on his lips is like burning fire.
28) A cunning man sows discord, and the earpiece separates friends.
29) An ill-intentioned person corrupts his neighbor and leads him onto an evil path;
30) squints his eyes to invent deceit; biting his lips, he commits a crime; [he is a furnace of malice].
31) The crown of glory is gray hair that is on the path of righteousness.
32) He who is patient is better than the brave, and he who controls himself is better than the conqueror of a city.
33) Lots are cast on the floor, but its entire decision is from the Lord.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru