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

My son, if sinners entice you, consent not.

My son, walk not in the way with them; refrain your 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:

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

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

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

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding.

Be not wise in your 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 you can desire are not to be compared unto her.

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

Then shall you walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble.

When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the ruin from the wicked, when it comes.

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

Say not unto your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it with you.

Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

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

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

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

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

When you go, your steps shall not be hindered; and when you run, you shall not stumble.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your 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, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.

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

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

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

Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, that you can not know them.

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

Remove your way far from her, and come not near 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 for your own, and not for strangers with you.

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

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

Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her allure you 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 is he that goes in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever touches her shall not be innocent.

Men do not despise a thief, if he steals 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 causes the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he be appeased, though you give 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 my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey:

Till an arrow strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.

Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Does 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 first of the dust of the world.

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

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

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

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

The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the desire of the wicked.

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

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

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

Though they join hand to hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the descendants 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 desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.

A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scoffer hears not rebuke.

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

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

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands.

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

The heart knows its own bitterness; and a stranger does not share 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 disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so.

A scoffer loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise.

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

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

Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

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

Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to flog princes for their integrity.

It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins.

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

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

Luxury is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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

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

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

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby 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 you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore associate not with him who flatters with his lips.

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

Say not, I will repay evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.

Diverse weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.