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But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,
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Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
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Warnings Against Folly
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
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So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion— and give your neighbor no rest!
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Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
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Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.
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From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.
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Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
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The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
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Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?
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One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.
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A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
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In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.
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The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.
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Saying 4
Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
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Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
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Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
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restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
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Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
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a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.
