For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:

let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;

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

Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?

Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.

Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.

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

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.

Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day;

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

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

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

Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

'They have smitten me, and I am not sore; they have beaten me, and I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''

Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Speak not in the ears of a foolish man, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;

for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.

Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.

Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.