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So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.

Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

He getteth himself also shame and dishonour, such as shall never be put out.

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.

A foolish restless woman, full of words, and such one as hath no knowledge,

to call such as go by, and walk straight in their ways.

A fool doth wickedly and maketh but a sport of it; nevertheless it is wisdom for a man to beware of such.

The desire of the righteous is to seek good, but the hope of the wicked results in wrath.

They that imagine wickedness, shall be disappointed; but they that muse upon good things, unto such shall happen mercy and faithfulness.

The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.

An evil person will seek only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

For an object of desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge of him for the unknown man's sake.

Blows that wound clean away evil; such beatings cleanse the innermost being.

Spears and snares are in the way of the froward; but he that will keep his soul, let him flee from such.

They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!

Thus know wisdom for [the sake of] your soul, if you find [it], then there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

If you find honey, eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

A man of experience discerneth all things well, but whoso hireth a fool, hireth such one as will take no heed.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for the unknown man's sake.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Where the prince is without understanding, there is great oppression and wrong; but if he be such one as hateth covetousness, he shall long reign.

the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

If thou be so foolish to magnify thyself, or meddlest with any such thing, then lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity.


She makes for herself coverlets, cushions, and rugs of tapestry.
Her clothing is linen, pure and fine, and purple [wool].