we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;

whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.

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

By his knowledge the deeps 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 more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

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

and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;

and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous 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 equal to it.

Riches and honour are with me; 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;

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.

And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:

Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy 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 a righteous man; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.

With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.

Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in their way are his delight.

The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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

Overthrow the wicked, and they are no more; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man is concerned for 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.

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

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

Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.

The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast.

Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

The thoughts of the evil man are an abomination to Jehovah; but pure words are pleasant.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.

The purposes of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

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

An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.

The 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 aright.

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

The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the 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, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.

Wisdom is before 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 deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook.

A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

The heart of an intelligent man getteth knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.

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

All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words, they are not to be found.

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

House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.

The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!

Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.

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

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.

Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

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

Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:

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

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance.

For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.

My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.

An ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an attentive ear.

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.

Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.