Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.

but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter.

Ants: they are weak, but they store up their food in the summer.

Turn to the LORD and pray to him, now that he is near.

Let the wicked leave their way of life and change their way of thinking. Let them turn to the LORD, our God; he is merciful and quick to forgive.

A good wife is her husband's pride and joy; but a wife who brings shame on her husband is like a cancer in his bones.

A shrewd servant will gain authority over a master's worthless son and receive a part of the inheritance.

Only a shameful, disgraceful person would mistreat his father or turn his mother away from his home.