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A good name is rather to be chosen than great

riches.

Proverbs xxii. 1.

Train up a child in the

way

he should

go;

and when

xxii. 6.

he is old, he will not depart from it.

The borrower is servant to the lender.

xxii. 7.

Remove not the ancient landmark. xxii. 28; xxiii. 10.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean

men.

Riches certainly make themselves wings.

As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

xxii. 29.

xxiii. 5.

xxiii. 7.

xxiii. 21.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup; . . . . at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

xxiii. 31, 32.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

xxiv. 5.

If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small.

xxiv. 10.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

XXV. 11.

Heap coals of fire upon his head.

XXV. 22.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

XXV. 25.

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

xxvi. 2.

Answer a fool according to his folly.

xxvi. 5.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Proverbs xxvi. 12.

There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

xxvi. 13.

Wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

xxvi. 16.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein.

xxvi. 27.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest

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A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

xxvii. 15.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

xxvii. 17.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. xxvii. 22.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

xxviii. 1.

He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be inno

cent.

xxviii. 20.

xxx. 8.

Give me neither poverty nor riches. The horseleech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give.

xxx. 15.

Her children arise up and call her blessed. xxxi. 28.

Vanity of vanities,

all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes i. 2; xii. 8.

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One generation passeth away, and another genera

tion cometh.

The eye is not satisfied with seeing.

There is no new thing under the sun.

Ecclesiastes i. 4.

i. 8.

i. 9.

Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was

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i. 10.

i. 14.

He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. i. 18.
One event happeneth to them all.

ii. 14.

To everything there is a season, and a time to every under the heaven.

purpose

A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Let thy words be few.

iii. 1.

iv. 12.

v. 2.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that

thou shouldest vow and not pay.

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet.

v. 5.

v. 12.

A good name is better than precious ointment.

vii. 1.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting.

vii. 2.

As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool.

vii. 6.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

vii. 14.

Be not righteous overmuch.

vii. 16.

One man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

vii. 28.

God hath made man upright; but they have sought

out many inventions.

Ecclesiastes vii. 29.

viii. 8.

There is no discharge in that war.

To eat, and to drink, and to be merry.

Ecclesiastes viii. 15; Luke xii. 19.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes ix. 4.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.

ix. 10.

ix. 11.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.

x. 1.

A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

x. 20.

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

xi. 1.

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

xi. 3.

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

xi. 4.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand.

xi. 6.

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth.

xi. 7.

xi. 9.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.

xii. 1.

The grinders cease because they are few.

xii. 3.

The grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. Ecclesiastes xii. 5.

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

xii. 6.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. xii. 7.

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies.

xii. 11.

Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

xii. 12.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

xii. 13.

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The Song of Solomon, ii. 11, 12.

The little foxes, that spoil the vines.

Terrible as an army with banners.

ii. 15.

vi. 4, 10.

Like the best wine, . . . . that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. vii. 9.

Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the

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