He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

He covets greedily all the day long: but the righteous gives and spares not.

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

Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:

Be not one of them that gives pledges, or of them that become surety for debts.

Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.

See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

Be not desirous of his delicacies: for they are deceitful food.

Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.

Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Eat not the bread of him that is stingy, neither desire you his delicacies:

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you.

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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

Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with a rod, he shall not die.

Let not your heart envy sinners: but be in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

For surely there is a future hope; and your expectation shall not be cut off.

Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of meat:

Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.

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

Look not you upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it moves itself aright.

They have stricken me, you shall say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Wisdom is too lofty for a fool: he opens not his mouth in the gate.

If you say, Behold, we knew it not; does not he that weighs the heart consider it? and he that keeps your soul, does not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your hope shall not be cut off.

Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles:

Fret not yourself because of evil men, neither be you envious at the wicked;

My son, fear the LORD and the king: and associate not with them that are given to change:

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have partiality in judgment.

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and disclose not a secret to another:

Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and the evil report turns not away.

Whosoever boasts about himself of a gift not given is like clouds and wind without rain.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

As the bird by flitting, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not alight.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like unto him.

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

He that passes by, and meddles with a quarrel not belonging to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.

So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not jesting?

When he speaks graciously, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

Evil men understand not justice: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not go unpunished.

To show partiality is not good: because for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.

He that gives unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.

A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

The righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not such knowledge.

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understands he will not answer.

Whosoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul: he hears cursing, and reveals it not.

Surely I am more senseless than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Add not unto his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

Two things have I required of you; deny me not them before I die:

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

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

The leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that says not, It is enough.

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

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

A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away from any;

Give not your strength unto women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

She rises also while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and a portion to her maidservants.

She perceives that her merchandise is good: her lamp goes not out by night.

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

She looks well to the ways of her household, and eats not the bread of idleness.