for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head and chains around your neck.

If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;

cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse.

My son, do not walk in the way with them! Keep back your foot from their path,

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

And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives.

Wisdom cries outside; she utters her voice in the streets;

she cries in the chief place of gathering, in the openings of the gates; in the city she utters her words, saying,

How long will you love simplicity, simple ones? And will scorners delight in their scorning? And will fools hate knowledge?

Because I called, and you refused; I stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention;

I also will laugh at your trouble; I will mock when your fear comes;

when your fear comes as a wasting away, and your ruin comes like a tempest when trouble and pain come upon you.

and they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own desires.

When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasing to your soul;

those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perversities of the wicked;

whose ways are crooked, and are devious in their paths.

All who go in to her do not return, nor do they take hold of the paths of life,

in order that you may walk in the way of good and keep the paths of the righteous.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

and you shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

and your barns shall be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst with new wine.

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand, riches and honor.

then you shall 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.

Do not be afraid of sudden fear, nor of the destroying of the wicked, when it comes.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Do not say to your neighbor, Go and come back again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it beside you:

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but He blesses the home of the just.

Sons, hear the instruction of a father, and listen in order to know understanding.

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Prize her, and she shall lift you up; she shall bring you to honor when you embrace her.

She shall give to your hand an ornament of grace; she shall shield you with a crown of glory.

I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in the right paths.

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

Avoid it; do not pass by it; turn from it, and pass on!

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

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

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

Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you.

in order to keep discretion, that your lips may keep knowledge.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell,

lest you should meditate on the path of life, her tracks are movable; you cannot know them.

that strangers not be filled with your strength, and your labors be in the house of a stranger;

and you moan when your end comes, when your flesh and muscle are eaten away,

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.

Should your overflowing spring be scattered abroad as rivers of waters in the streets.

Let them be only your own, and not strangers' with you.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

My son, do this now, and deliver yourself when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself and make your friend sure.

provides her food in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest.

How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.

perversity is in his heart; he is always planning mischief; he causes fighting.

When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.

Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; nor let her take 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 who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

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

Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul.

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

in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.

She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay in her house;

now she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey;

He goes after her immediately, like an ox goes to the slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not go astray in her paths.

She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the path.

She cries in the gates, before the entrance of the city, at the doors.

O simple ones, understand wisdom; and, fools, be of an understanding heart.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; nothing twisted or perverse is in them.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment;

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no springs heavy with water.

When He prepared the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep;

when He set the clouds above; when He made the strong fountains of the deep;

when He gave to the sea its limit that the waters should not pass His command; when He appointed the foundations of the earth;

rejoicing in the world, His earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; all who hate me love death.

she has killed her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

The simple one, let him turn in here. To one lacking heart, she says to him,

Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

Forsake the foolish and live; and go in the way of understanding.

One rebuking a scorner gets shame to himself; and one rebuking a wicked one gets himself a blemish.

Give to a wise one, and he will be still wiser; teach a just one, and he will increase in learning.

For she sits at the door of her house, in a seat in the high places of the city,

to call those who pass by, who are going straight on their ways;

The simple one, let him turn in here. And to one lacking heart, she says to him,

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

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

He who gathers in summer is a wise son; but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

Blessings are on the head of the just; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a babbling fool shall fall.

The mouth of a righteous one is a well of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.