H9004–/כ–k

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת (כִּ) ki “[is] like”

In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.

כְּעָ֣ב (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

כְּאֵ֣שׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים (כְּ) ke. “[are] like”

The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה (כְ) khe. “like”

A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

כִּבְרִ֥יחַ (כִּ) ki “[are] like”

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

כַּ֭כְּפִיר (כַּ֭) Ka. “like <the>”וּכְטַ֖ל (כְ) khe. “[is] like”

The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

כַּ֭כְּפִיר (כַּ֭) Ka. “like <the>”

Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר (כְּ֝) ke. “like”

Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

כְּחֶ֣תֶף (כְּ) ke. “like”

In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

כְּנָחָ֣שׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י (כְ) khe. “like”

Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב (כְּ) ke. “like”וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב (כְ) khe. “like”

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

כְּצִנַּת־ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”וְכַמָּטָ֥ר (כַ) kha. “like <the>”

As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”כַּדְּר֣וֹר (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

כִּצְר֣וֹר (כִּ) ki “as”

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

כְּ֭כֶלֶב (כְּ֭) Ke. “like”

As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ (כְּֽ֭) Ke. “like”

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים (כְּ) ke. “[are] like”

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

כְּ֭צִפּוֹר (כְּ֭) Ke. “like”