(8) Listen, my child, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

(7) The beginning of wisdom is: get wisdom.  Though it cost everything you have, get understanding.  

(Alternate translation:  The beginning of wisdom is, acquire wisdom.  With everything you have, acquire wisdom.)

(23) Above all else, guard your heart; for that is where life flows from.

(6) Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and grow wise.

A list of things God hates: 

(17) Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

(18) A heart that devises wicked thoughts, feet that run quickly towards evil;

(19) A false witness that breathes lies, and a person who sows discord among brothers.

(12) One who despises their neighbor lacks insight (lit. "lacks heart"), while a discerning person remains silent.

(1) One who loves knowledge, loves correction; but a fool hates reproof.

(20) One who walks with the wise shall be wise, while a companion of fools will come to harm.

(24) ...A parent who loves their child, disciplines them.  (Note: this is the second half of the much-harder-to-deal-with "Spare the rod, spoil the child" verse.)   

(1) A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a painful word stirs up anger.

(16) Better few possesions and fear [or awe] of God, than great treasure and inner turmoil.

(17) The path of the righteous leads away from evil; those who walk carefully preserve their souls.

(Alternate translation:  The path of the upright turns from evil;  those who guard their ways, protect their souls.)

(18) Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

(9) In their hearts, people plan their way; but God directs their steps.  (Alternate translation:  People plan their paths, but God arranges their steps.) 

(17) A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.  (Alternate translation:   A friend loves in every season, and a brother is born for a difficult time.)

(22) A happy heart is good medicine, and a broken spirit dries the bones.

(24) There are friends that hurt a person, and there are loved ones closer than a brother. (Alternate translation:  A person can have friends who cause harm, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.) 

(21) There are many thoughts in a person's heart, but the intention of God, that shall stand.  (Alternate translation:  There are many thoughts in a person's mind, but it is God's purpose that will prevail.)

(1) Choose a good name over great riches, and love over silver and gold.  (Alternate translation:  A good name is preferable to great riches, and kindness is preferable to silver and gold.)

(6) Raise a child on the right path, and even when he is old, he will not swerve from it.  (Alternate translation:  Educate a child according to his way; even when he is old, he will not turn from it.)

(1) Do not boast about tomorrow, for you never know what a day might bring.

(10) .... Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.  (Alternate translation:  Better a close neighbor than a distant brother.)

(14) If a person blesses his friend with a loud voice, early in the morning, it will feel like a curse to him. (Alternate translation:  One who blesses his friend loudly in the early morning will be considered a curse to him.)

(19) As water reflects a face to a face, So the heart of a person reflects another's heart.  (Alternate translation:  As water reflects a face back to a face, so one's heart is reflected back to them by another.)

(6) Better to be poor with integrity, than rich and twisted.