How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep:

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh with thee.

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

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

Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

If thou be wise, thy wisdom shall do thyself good: but if thou thinkest scorn thereof, it shall be thine own harm.

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Say not thou, "I will recompense evil"; but put thy trust in the LORD, and he shall defend thee.

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

and if thou wilt rule thy own self, be not over greedy of his meat, for meat beguileth and deceiveth.

Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.

Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Let not thy wrath and jealousy move thee, to follow the wicked and ungodly.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

For better it is that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamy turn not away.

Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

If thy enemy shall hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he shall thirst, give him water to drink:

Make not thy boast of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what may happen today.

Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

As for the people that have been before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their joy the greater through him. This is also a vain thing and a vexation of mind. (v17) When thou comest into the house of God, keep thy foot and draw nigh, that thou mayest hear: that is better than the offerings of fools, for they know not what evil they do

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.

Not rashly from his presence, shouldst thou go: do not take thy stand in a vexatious thing, - for, whatsoever he pleaseth, he will do.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Therefore beware, my son, that above these thou make them not many and innumerable books, nor take divers doctrines in hand, to weary thy body withal.

{The Ballad of Ballads of Solomon} O that thy mouth would give me a kiss!

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.