A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
[He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
