Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

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

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

the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, "Enough!"

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,