My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

My son, forget not my law; but let thy heart keep my commandments;

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:

Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.

Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her.

My son, let not them depart from thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Say not to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he hath done thee no harm.

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

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

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

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

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Let them not depart from thy eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

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

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me!

Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.

Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

Men do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

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

Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that restraineth his lips is wise.

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understandeth.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

The lips of the wise diffuse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.