Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.
Let’s feast on each other’s love!

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

Many seek the ruler's face; but a man's right judgment is from Jehovah.

In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,
But in the dearth of people is a prince’s ruin.

All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

Keep your father's commands, my son, and never forsake your mother's rules,

because jealousy incites a strong man's rage, and he will show no mercy when it's time for revenge.

If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter's hand, or like a bird from a fowler's hand.

A king's anger is like a lion's roar; anyone who angers him forfeits his life.

A person's spirit is the lamp of the LORD; it searches throughout one's innermost being.

Taking your coat off when it's cold or pouring vinegar on soda that's what singing songs does to a heavy heart.

A tranquil mind brings life to one's body, but jealousy causes one's bones to rot.

A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.

Picking up a dog by the ears that's what someone is like who meddles in another's fight.

It's better to be poor and live a blameless life than to be rich but crooked in one's lifestyle.

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],

For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord's eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person's paths.

In the mouth of the [arrogant] fool [who rejects God] is a rod for his back,
But the lips of the wise [when they speak with godly wisdom] will protect them.

Many plans are in a man’s mind,
But it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand (be carried out).