So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

Honor Yahweh from your substance, and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,

For her income is better than the income of silver, and her revenue than [that of] gold.

Do not be afraid of sudden panic, or the storm of wickedness that will come.

The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,

until an arrow pierces his {entrails}, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that {it will cost him his life}.

{when he assigned} his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his {command}, {when he marked} the foundations of the earth,

But he does not know that the dead [are] there, in the depths of Sheol [are] her guests.

As for a fool, {on that very day} he makes his anger known, but he who ignores an insult [is] prudent.

Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled [is] a tree of life.

There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.

There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.

A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way [that is] not good.

Listen [to] advice and accept instruction so that you will gain wisdom for your {future}.

The ear that hears and the eye that sees, Yahweh has made {them both}.

For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,

[Like] legs that hang limp from a lame person, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.

[Like] a thorn that goes up in the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Grabbing onto the ears of a dog passing by [is] one who meddles in a quarrel [that is] not his own.

Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.

An {appetite} that is sated spurns honey, but [to] an {appetite} that is ravenous, all bitterness [is] sweet.

Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.

A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.

He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

[There is] a generation [that] will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.

[There is] a generation [that is] pure in its own eyes, but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed.

The eye [that] mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother-- the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.

There [are] three [things] that are magnificent of stride, and four that are magnificent [when] moving:

The words of Lemuel, [the] king--an oracle that his mother taught him:

She perceives that her merchandise [is] good; her lamp does not go out in the night.