Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;

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

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.

Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.

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

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

“Stolen water is sweet;
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

When pride comes, then comes dishonor,
But with the humble is wisdom.

Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant
Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who pursues worthless things lacks sense.

The Lord will tear down the house of the proud,
But He will establish the boundary of the widow.

Bright eyes gladden the heart;
Good news puts fat on the bones.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.

Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
The lamp of the wicked, is sin.

“Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with insolent pride.

Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;

Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man who wanders from his home.

To show partiality is not good,
Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

A man’s pride will bring him low,
But a humble spirit will obtain honor.

She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.