נֶפֶשׁ

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.