The following proverbs refer to the relation between husband and wife, and between man and his neighbour as friend or enemy, father and child, rich and poor, king and people:— “He who hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and obtained favour of the Lord” (xviii. 22). “A virtuous wife is the crown of her husband, but a wicked woman is like rottenness in his bones” (xii. 4). “House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, but a wise wife is from the Lord” (xix. 14; chap. xxxi. 10 to end). “He who revealeth a secret is a slanderer, but he who is faithful in spirit covereth a thing” (xi. 13). “Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins” (x. 12). “Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith” (xv. 17). “He who covereth transgression seeketh love, but he who repeateth a matter separateth a friend” (xvii. 9). “Open rebuke is better than secret love” (xxvii. 5). “He who saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him; but to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them” (xxiv. 24, 25). “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are like smoke” (xxvii. 6). “When there is no wood the fire goeth out; so when there is no tale-bearer strife ceaseth” (xxvi. 20). “A kind man doth good to his soul, and a cruel man troubleth his flesh” (xi. 17). “Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth, lest the Lord see it and it displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him” (xxiv. 17, 18). “The righteous knoweth the feelings of his cattle, but the heart of the wicked is cruel” (xii. 10). “He who curseth his father and his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness” (xx. 20). “Children’s children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children are their fathers” (xvii. 6). “The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it” (xxx. 17). “Where there is the instruction of the father, there is a wise son; but a mocker will he be who heard no rebuke” (xiii. 1). “He who spareth his rod hateth his son, and he who loveth him chastiseth him early” (xiii. 24). “Chastise thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul turn to his crying” (xix. 18). “Train the lad in his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it” (xxii. 6). “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him” (xxii. 15). “Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death” (xxiii. 13, 14).