It is foolish to spread a net
where any bird can see it,

They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,
but an adulteress goes after a precious life.

until an arrow pierces its liver,
like a bird darting into a snare—
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

I was born
when there were no watery depths
and no springs filled with water.

I was delivered
before the mountains and hills were established,

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

“Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten secretly is tasty!”

When pride comes, disgrace follows,
but with humility comes wisdom.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod of discipline,
but the lips of the wise protect them.

The Lord destroys the house of the proud,
but He protects the widow’s territory.

Bright eyes cheer the heart;
good news strengthens the bones.

Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord;
be assured, he will not go unpunished.

Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble
than to divide plunder with the proud.

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,
but humility comes before honor.

The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive pride.

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,
and don’t desire his choice food,

A man wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.

It is not good to show partiality—
yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.

A person’s pride will humble him,
but a humble spirit will gain honor.