25:1 With three things I am delighted, for they are pleasing to the LORD and to men: Harmony among brethren, friendship among neighbors, and the mutual love of husband and wife.
25:2 Three kinds of men I hate; their manner of life I loathe indeed: A proud pauper, a rich dissembler, and an old man lecherous in his dotage.
25:3 What you have not saved in your youth, how will you acquire in your old age?
25:4 How becoming to the gray-haired is judgment, and a knowledge of counsel to those on in years!
25:5 How becoming to the aged is wisdom, understanding and prudence to the venerable!
25:6 The crown of old men is wide experience; their glory, the fear of the LORD.
25:7 There are nine who come to my mind as blessed, a tenth whom my tongue proclaims: The man who finds joy in his children, and he who lives to see his enemies' downfall.
25:8 Happy is he who dwells with a sensible wife, and he who plows not like a donkey yoked with an ox. Happy is he who sins not with his tongue, and he who serves not his inferior.
25:9 Happy is he who finds a friend and he who speaks to attentive ears.
25:10 He who finds wisdom is great indeed, but not greater than he who fears the LORD.
25:11 Fear of the LORD surpasses all else. its possessor is beyond compare.
25:12 Worst of all wounds is that of the heart, worst of all evils is that of a woman.
25:13 Worst of all sufferings is that from one’s foes, worst of all vengeance is that of one’s enemies:
25:14 No poison worse than that of a serpent, no venom greater than that of a woman.
25:15 With a dragon or a lion I would rather dwell than live with an evil woman.
25:16 Wickedness changes a woman’s looks, and makes her sullen as a female bear.
25:17 When her husband sits among his neighbors, a bitter sigh escapes him unawares.
25:18 There is scarce any evil like that in a woman; may she fall to the lot of the sinner!
25:19 Like a sandy hill to aged feet is a railing wife to a quiet man.
25:20 Stumble not through woman’s beauty, nor be greedy for her wealth;
25:21 The man is a slave, in disgrace and shame, when a wife supports her husband.
25:22 Depressed mind, saddened face, broken heart ?this from an evil wife. Feeble hands and quaking knees ? from a wife who brings no happiness to her husband.
25:23 In woman was sin’s beginning, and because of her we all die.
25:24 Allow water no outlet, and be not indulgent to an erring wife.
25:25 If she walks not by your side, cut her away from you.