My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.

Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!

Let water from your store and not that of others be your drink, and running water from your fountain.

Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.

Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you.

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?

So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night.

She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.

Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?

Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.

He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.