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Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.


I have instructed you in the way of [skillful and godly] wisdom;
I have led you in upright paths.

lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;

I am come almost into all misfortune, in the midst of the multitude and congregation."

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.


Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.


Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her [evil, immoral] paths.

Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud:


A man will be commended according to his insight and sound judgment,
But the one who is of a perverse mind will be despised.

The wicked falleth into the snare through the malice of his own mouth; but the just shall escape out of peril.


Righteousness (being in right standing with God) guards the one whose way is blameless,
But wickedness undermines and overthrows the sinner.


A quick-tempered man acts foolishly and without self-control,
And a man of wicked schemes is hated.

Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

He that forsaketh the right street, shall be sore punished; and whoso hateth correction, falleth into death.

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

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

The Righteous One observeth the house of the lawless, - He is ready to cast down lawless men into misfortune.


The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.


Or you will learn his [undisciplined] ways
And get yourself trapped [in a situation from which it is hard to escape].

Don't stare into red wine, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and prease not into the place of great men.

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.