The eyes(A) of the Lord are everywhere,(B)
    keeping watch on the wicked and the good.(C)

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16 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
    but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.(A)

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The Lord works out everything to its proper end(A)
    even the wicked for a day of disaster.(B)

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In their hearts humans plan their course,
    but the Lord establishes their steps.(A)

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21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(A)

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30 There is no wisdom,(A) no insight, no plan
    that can succeed against the Lord.(B)

31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
    but victory rests with the Lord.(C)

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12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

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27 Do not boast(A) about tomorrow,
    for you do not know what a day may bring.(B)

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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
    but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)

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24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
    but folly brings punishment to fools.

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12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.(A)

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Saying 23

Wisdom is too high for fools;
    in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.

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Saying 26

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
    honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
    If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(A)

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Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
    or you yourself will be just like him.(A)
Answer a fool according to his folly,
    or he will be wise in his own eyes.(B)
Sending a message by the hands of a fool(C)
    is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
Like the useless legs of one who is lame
    is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(D)
Like tying a stone in a sling
    is the giving of honor to a fool.(E)
Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand
    is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(F)
10 Like an archer who wounds at random
    is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,(G)
    so fools repeat their folly.(H)

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22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
    grinding them like grain with a pestle,
    you will not remove their folly from them.

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If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
    the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

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