— Proverbs 3:5–6, JPS 1917
— Proverbs 15:1, JPS 1917A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.
— Proverbs 17:17, JPS 1917A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
— Proverbs 15:13, JPS 1917
— Proverbs 14:29, JPS 1917
— Proverbs 15:17, JPS 1917Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
— Proverbs 25:11, JPS 1917A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
— Proverbs 27:17, JPS 1917Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
— Proverbs 3:17, JPS 1917Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
— Proverbs 12:25, JPS 1917Care in the heart of a man boweth it down; but a good word maketh it glad.
— Proverbs 16:24, JPS 1917Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.