We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

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

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and'she knoweth it not.

And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.

He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;

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

They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

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

Riches and honor are with me; Yea , durable wealth and righteousness.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

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

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

Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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

The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words are pure.

The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And'such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.

Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

Thorns and'snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches.

For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:

For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

These also are'sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.