These six Jehovah hates; yea, seven are hateful to his soul:

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;

Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinsman,

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; nothing twisted or perverse is in them.

They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Counsel and sound wisdom are mine; I am understanding; I have strength.

Riches and honor are with me; enduring riches and righteousness.

And now listen to me, O sons; for blessed are those who keep my ways.

If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself; but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.

to call those who pass by, who are going straight on their ways;

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

But he does not know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of hell.

Blessings are on the head of the just; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked are destroyed, there is singing.

They who are of a perverse heart are hateful to Jehovah, but the upright in the way are His delight.

The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The wicked are overthrown, and are gone; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous one understands the soul of his animal; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Lying lips are hateful to Jehovah, but those who deal truly are His delight.

There are those who act rich, yet have nothing; and those who act poor, yet have great riches.

Where no cattle are, the stall is clean, but much gain is by the strength of the ox.

The simple inherit folly, but the wise are crowned with knowledge.

The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Hell and destruction are before Jehovah; even more the hearts of the sons of men.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but gladness of heart is a continual feast.

Without wisdom, purposes are defeated, but by many wise men they are established.

The thoughts of the wicked are very hateful to Jehovah, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the spirits.

A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

An ungodly man plots evil, and his lips are like a burning fire.

Sons of sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

An excellent lip is not fitting for a fool; much less are lying lips fitting for a prince.

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.

Wisdom is before him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

A brother offended is like a strong city; and their disagreements are like the bars of a fortress.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

Many will beg the favor of a ruler, and all are friends to a man who gives gifts.

All the brothers of the poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are lacking.

Houses and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

There are many purposes in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah shall stand.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

The just walks in his integrity; his sons are blessed after him.

Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.

There is gold and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

Purposes are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.

Different kinds of weights are hateful to Jehovah, and a false balance is not good.

Man's steps are of Jehovah; how can a man then understand his own way?

A desirable treasure and oil are in the home of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

A prudent one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

By humility and the fear of Jehovah are riches and honor and life.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who keeps his soul shall be far from them.

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts.

and put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceitful food.

My son, fear Jehovah and the king; and do not fellowship with those who are given to change;

These also are for the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; the people shall curse him and nations shall abhor him.

These are also proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

The legs of the lame are not equal; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a broken piece of pottery with silver waste.

When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him; for seven hateful things are in his heart.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

A sensible one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

A never-ending dropping in a very rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

For riches are not forever; nor the crown from generation to generation.

When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is seen, and mountain-plants are gathered,

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

The wicked flee when no man pursues; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Because of the transgression of a land, many are its rulers; but it is prolonged by a man of discernment who knows right.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

When the wicked are multiplied, sin increases; but the righteous shall see their fall.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their own filth.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! Three things are never satisfied, yea, four things never say, Enough!

Three things are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I do not know:

Four things are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

the rock-badgers are not a mighty people, yet they make their houses in the rock;

There are three things which go well in a march, yea, four that go well in walking:

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are of heavy hearts.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also knew that one event happens to all of them.

For all his days are sorrows, and his labor sadness; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.

I said in my heart concerning the matter of sons of men, that God might reveal them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

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