My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

To deliver thee from the evil way, from the man speaking deceit;

Those rejoicing to do evil will exult in the deceit of evil;

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.

The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.

An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit, but they who act faithfully [are] his delight.

A righteous man hates lies,
But a wicked man is loathsome, and he acts shamefully.

A faithful witness does not lie, but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

A heart of righteousness will ponder the answer, but a mouth of wickedness will pour out deceit.

Whoever winks knowingly is plotting deceit; anyone who purses his lips is bent towards evil.

A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.

A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

Human beings long for grace, and it's better to be poor than a man of deceit.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.

A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.

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

Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

Charm [is] deceit and beauty [is] vain; [but] a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure and gratification; so enjoy yourself and have a good time.” But behold, this too was vanity (futility, meaninglessness).

insomuch that I said unto laughter, "Thou art mad," and to mirth, "What doest thou?"

I said to myself, “This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

It is good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.

All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

And men have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

Woe to those who drag wickedness
with cords of deceit
and pull sin along with cart ropes,

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put Yahweh to the test."

I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.

For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;

And thou hast said in that day: 'I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me.

Wail, you gates! Cry out, city!
Tremble with fear, all Philistia!
For a cloud of dust is coming from the north,
and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.

at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, 'Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,' and he doth so, going naked and barefoot.

A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

What doest thou here? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!

And thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides -- there thou diest, And there the chariots of thine honour Are the shame of the house of thy lord.

And He saith, 'Thou dost not add any more to exult, O oppressed one, virgin daughter of Zidon, To Chittim arise, pass over, Even there -- there is no rest for thee.'

Behold, the Lord lays waste to the earth, devastates it, twists and distorts its face and scatters its inhabitants.

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

Dead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.

Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost content with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar like chalkstones that are beaten to dust, the idol poles and incense altars shall not remain standing.

For ye comfort yourselves thus: "Tush, we have made a covenant with death, and with hell we are at an agreement. Though there break out any sore plague, it shall not come upon us. For with deceit will we escape, and with nimbleness will we defend ourselves."

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

Therefore the Holy One of Israel says:
“Because you have rejected this message
and have trusted in oppression and deceit,
and have depended on them,

And He hath given rain for thy seed, With which thou dost sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it hath been fat and plenteous, Enjoy do thy cattle in that day an enlarged pasture.

Woe, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

He that leadeth a godly life - say I - and speaketh the truth; He that abhorreth to do violence and deceit; he that keepeth his hand that he touch no reward; which stoppeth his ears, that he hear no counsel against the innocent; which holdeth down his eyes, that he see none evil.

And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Pray you say unto Hezekiah, - Thus, saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What is this trust, wherewith then dost trust?

I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Lo! thou dost trust on the support of this bruised cane, on Egypt, whereon if a man lean it will enter his hand and lay it open, - So, is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust upon him.

'And dost thou say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted? is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye do bow yourselves?