108 the wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
惡人雖無人追趕也逃跑，義人卻膽壯像獅子。－－《舊·箴》28：1
109 a ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
窮人欺壓貧民，好像暴雨沖沒糧食。－－《舊·箴》28：3
110 better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
行為純正的窮乏人，勝過行事乖僻的富足人。－－《舊·箴》28：6
111 he who leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own trap.
誘惑正直人行惡道的，必掉在自己的坑裡。－－《舊·箴》28：10
112 he who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
耕種自己田地的，必得飽食。追隨虛浮的，足受窮乏。－－《舊·箴》28：19
113 he who trusts in himself is a fool.
心中自是的，便是愚昧人。－－《舊·箴》28：26
114 whoever flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.
諂媚鄰舍的，就是設網羅絆他的腳。－－《舊·箴》29：5
115 mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
褻慢人煽惑通城，智慧人止息眾怒。－－《舊·箴》29：8
116 a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
放縱的兒子，使母親羞愧。－－《舊·箴》29：15
117 a man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.
人的高傲，必使他卑下。心裡謙遜的，必得尊榮。－－《舊·箴》29：23
118 the accomplice of a thief is his own enemy.
與盜賊分贓，是恨惡自己的性命。－－《舊·箴》29：24
119 the righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright.
為非作歹的，被義人憎嫌。行事正直的，被惡人憎惡。－－《舊·箴》29：27
120 ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; coneys are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags.
螞蟻是無力之類，卻在夏天豫備糧食。沙番是軟弱之類，卻在磐石中造房。－－《舊·箴》30：25、26
121 for as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.
搖牛奶必成奶油，扭鼻子必出血。照樣，激動怒氣必起爭端。－－《舊·箴》30：33
122 all streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full.
江河都往海里流，海卻不滿。－－《舊·傳》1：7
123 what has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
已有的事，後必再有。已行的事，後必再行。日光之下並無新事。－－《舊·傳》1：9
124 what is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
彎曲的不能變直，缺少的不能足數。－－《舊·傳》1：15
125 for with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.
因為多有智慧，就多有愁煩。加增知識的，就加增憂傷。－－《舊·傳》1：18
126 wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
智慧勝過愚昧，如同光明勝過黑暗。－－《舊·傳》2：13
127 the wise man has eyes in his head, while the fool walks in the darkness.