For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

But whoever listens to me will live securely
and be free from the fear of danger.”

He stores up success for the upright;
He is a shield for those who live with integrity

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

For the upright will live in the land, and people of integrity will remain in it.

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

May loyal love and truth not forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them upon your heart.

This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

Happy [blessed, considered fortunate, to be admired] is the man who finds [skillful and godly] wisdom,
And the man who gains understanding and insight [learning from God’s word and life’s experiences],

Long life is in her right hand;
in her left, riches and honor.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

As for the scornful, he shall laugh them to scorn, but he shall give grace unto the lowly.

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Let your way [in life] be far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],

At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,

Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,
And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].

Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks common sense and sound judgment and an understanding [of moral principles];
He who would destroy his soul does it.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

In the twilight, in the evening;
In the black and dark night.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

“They are all straightforward to him who understands [with an open and willing mind],
And right to those who find knowledge and live by it.

I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Whoever walks in integrity lives prudently, but whoever perverts his way of life will be exposed.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

The fear of Yahweh adds life, but the years of the wicked are shortened.

The righteous shall never be moved; and the wicked shall not live in the earth.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

The abomination of Yahweh, are they of perverse heart, but, his delight, are the men of blameless life.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The righteous eats to satisfy his life, but the belly of the wicked will lack.

The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.

Fools make but a sport of sin; but there is favourable love among the righteous.

A poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
but there are many who love the rich.

Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

An abomination of Yahweh is the way of the wicked, but he who pursues righteousness he will love.

A scoffer [unlike a wise man] resents one who rebukes him and tries to teach him;
Nor will he go to the wise [for counsel and instruction].

The entire life of the afflicted seems disastrous, but a good heart feasts continuously.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

By mercy and lovingkindness and truth [not superficial ritual] wickedness is cleansed from the heart,
And by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

The highway of the upright turns away and departs from evil;
He who guards his way protects his life (soul).

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

The life of a worker works for him, for his {hunger} urges him.

A crown of glory is gray hair; by a righteous life it is gained.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters [copious and difficult to fathom];
The fountain of [mature, godly] wisdom is like a bubbling stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].

A fool’s mouth is his devastation,
and his lips are a trap for his life.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

A friend that delighteth in love, doth a man more friendship, and sticketh faster unto him than a brother.

Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.

A man's foolishness ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

He who gains wisdom and good sense loves (preserves) his own soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good and prosper.

It's not fitting for a fool to live in luxury; neither is it for a servant to rule over princes.

He who keeps and obeys the commandment [of the Lord] keeps (guards) his own life,
But he who is careless of his ways and conduct will die.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.