for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?

Acquire truth and do not sell it -- wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

You will say, "They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink."

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.