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Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither.

The hind of loves and the wild goat of grace; her breasts shall satiate thee in all time; thou shalt always wander in her loves.

And wherefore, my son, wilt thou wander with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

then do this, my son, and deliver yourself, because you have come under your neighbor's control. Go, humble yourself! Plead passionately with your neighbor!


A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],
And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.

A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house.

“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,

“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,


Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction that would cause thee to wander from the sayings of knowledge.

Blows that out in, cleanse away wickedness, and, smitings, enter the chambers of the inner man.

Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,
who put up security for loans.


Your [drunken] eyes will see strange things
And your mind will utter perverse things [untrue things, twisted things].

For the transgressions of a land, many are the rulers thereof, but, under an intelligent and discerning man, stability is prolonged.

He causing the upright to wander in an evil way, into his pit shall he fall: and the good shall inherit complete things.


Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own life;
He hears the curse [when swearing an oath to testify], but discloses nothing [and commits perjury by omission].

There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:

Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:

under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.

She made the under garment., and she will sell; and she gave a girdle to the Canaanite.