I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;

At the hand of the gates, at the mouth of the city from the coming in of the doors she will cry:

Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips.

“I, [godly] wisdom, reside with prudence [good judgment, moral courage and astute common sense],
And I find knowledge and discretion.

Jehovah possessed me from the beginning of His way, before His works of old.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

In his setting his law to the sea, and the waters shall not pass by his mouth; in his making firm the foundations of the earth:

Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;

For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

She has sent out her maidens, she calls
From the highest places of the city:

For by me (wisdom from God) your days will be multiplied,
And years of life shall be increased.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes; and what he expected from his scheming comes to nothing.

The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

He who puts up security and guarantees a debt for an outsider will surely suffer [for his foolishness],
But he who hates (declines) being a guarantor is secure [from its penalties].

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

A ring of gold in the nose of a swine, a fair woman and she departed from discernment

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it],
But a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.

The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

The thoughts of the righteous are just,
but guidance from the wicked leads to deceit.

After they're overthrown, the wicked won't be found, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

From the fruit of the mouth is one satisfied with good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

A lip that is faithful, shall be firm to futurity, but, only for a twinkling, is the tongue that is false.

From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

The ransom for a man’s life is his wealth,
But the poor man does not even have to listen to a rebuke or threats [from the envious].

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain];
But the hearts of [shortsighted] fools are not so.

There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

From the light of the eyes, the heart will rejoice, and good news will enliven the bones.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; he made all the weights in the bag.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing for the body.

He who labors works for himself, for his mouth craves it from him.

Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah is all its judgment!

Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water [as from a small break in a dam; first it trickles and then it gushes];
Therefore abandon the quarrel before it breaks out and tempers explode.

A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

He who [willfully] separates himself [from God and man] seeks his own desire,
He quarrels against all sound wisdom.

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.

Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah.

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

A man of great anger will bear the penalty [for his quick temper and lack of self-control];
For if you rescue him [and do not let him learn from the consequences of his action], you will only have to rescue him over and over again.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?

A wise king sifts out the wicked [from among the good]
And drives the [threshing] wheel over them [to separate the chaff from the grain].

The spirit (conscience) of man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching and examining all the innermost parts of his being.

The making treasures by the tongue of falsehood is vanity scattered from those seeking death.

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

A horse is prepared for the day of battle,
but victory comes from the Lord.

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Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice; and he who fathers a wise child shall have joy from him.

Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate:

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and keep no company with them that slide back from his fear:

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.