When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

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

and if thou wilt rule thy own self, be not over greedy of his meat, for meat beguileth and deceiveth.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

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

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

In the ears of the foolish thou shalt not speak, for he will despise for the understanding of thy words.

Thou shalt not remove the old bound; and into the field of the orphans thou shalt not come:

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

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

Hear to thy father that begat thee, and thou shalt not despise thy mother when growing old.

Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.

My son, thou shalt give thy heart to me, and thine eyes shall delight in my way.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

They have stricken me, shalt thou 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 thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous, - neither destroy thou his place of rest;

When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

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

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

Thou shalt not say, According to what he did to me, thus will I do to him: I will turn back to the man according to his work.

Do not honour thyself before a king, nor, in the place of great men, do thou stand;

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Thy contention, urge thou with thy neighbour, and, the secret of another, do not reveal:

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

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

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

When his voice will compassionate, thou shalt not believe him, for seven abominations in his heart

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Thine own friend and thy father's friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.

My son, be wise, and thou shalt make me a glad heart; so that I shall make answer unto my rebukers.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

The lambs shall clothe thee, and for the goats thou shalt have money to thy husbandry.

And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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?

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

Two things I require of thee, that thou will not deny me before I die.

Vanity and the word of falsehood remove far from me; thou wilt not give to me poverty and riches; feed me with bread of my allowance:

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

thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

My son, thou son of my body: O my dear beloved son,

Thou shalt not give thy strength to women, and thy ways to the destroying of kings.

Be thou an advocate and stand in judgment thyself, to speak for all such as be dumb and sucourless.

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.