Author Archives: david

Know well the condition of your flocks,     and give attention to your herds,  for riches do not last for ever;     and does a crown endure to all generations?  When the grass is gone and the new growth appears     and the vegetation of… →

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,     and he who guards his master will be honoured.  As in water face reflects face,     so the heart of man reflects the man. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,     and never satisfied are the… →

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,     and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbour who is near     than a brother who is far away. Be wise, my son, and make… →

Better is open rebuke     than hidden love.  Faithful are the wounds of a friend;     profuse are the kisses of an enemy.  One who is full loathes honey,     but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.  Like a bird that strays from… →

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.  A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,     but a fool’s… →

Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel     are fervent lips with an evil heart.  Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips     and harbours deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not,     for there are seven abominations in his heart; though… →

Like a dog that returns to his vomit     is a fool who repeats his folly.  Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?     There is more hope for a fool than for him.  The sluggard says, “There is a… →

Answer not a fool according to his folly,     lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly,     lest he be wise in his own eyes. Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool     cuts off… →

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,     so honour is not fitting for a fool. Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,     a curse that is causeless does not alight.  A whip for the horse, a bridle for… →