When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.

If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,

Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it:

Honour, shall the wise inherit, - but, as for dullards, shame shall carry them away.

But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn, - going on and brightening, unto meridian day.

That thou mayest preserve discretion, - and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.

But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!

Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.

So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;

And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.

Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.

Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!

All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him -

Whoso is simple, let him turn aside hither, and, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him:

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so, is the sluggard, to them who send him.

As a ring of gold in the snout of a swine, is a woman of beauty who hath abandoned discretion.

There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.

In the mouth of the foolish, is a haughty rod, but, as for the lips of the wise, thou shalt give heed to them!

An abandoned man, diggeth up mischief, - and, upon his lips, as it were a fire is scorching.

A brother estranged, is worse than a strong city, - and, contentions, are as the bar of a citadel.

The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.

Correct thy son, because there is hope, yet, not so as to slay him, let thy passion be excited.

The growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.

As for a righteous man, walking in his integrity, how happy are his children after him!

Take his garment who is pledge for a stranger, - then, for a woman unknown, accept him as surety.

Crooked is the way of a guilty man, but, as for the pure, straight is his dealing.

A lawless man emboldeneth his face, but, as for the upright, he, directeth his ways.

To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.

For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.

As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.

Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.

So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, - or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:

Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!

As the cold of snow in the day of harvest, is a faithful messenger to them who send him, - when, the life of his masters, he restoreth.

As splendour of dress on a cold day - vinegar upon nitre, so is a singer with songs, unto a sad heart.

As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is a good report from a far country.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour.

As a sparrow in wandering, as a swallow in flying, so, a causeless curse, shall not alight.

A whip for the horse, a bridle a for the ass, and a rod for the back of dullards.

As an archer who woundeth every thing, so one who hireth a dullard, and a drunkard crossing the sea.

As, a dog, returneth onto his own vomit, a dullard, repeateth his folly.

As he who layeth hold of the ears of a dog, is a passer-by, who giveth vent to his wrath over a quarrel, not his!

As a madman throwing firebrands, arrows and death,

As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.

Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.

As in water, face answereth to face, so, the heart of man to man.

Blood-thirsty men, hate the blameless man, and, as for the upright, they seek his life.

Give strong drink, to him that is perishing, and wine, to such as are embittered in soul: