My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,

my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee,

To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

To keep you from the immoral woman;
From the seductress with her flattering words,

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and blessed are they that keep her fast.

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

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

Never talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt.

Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.

Don’t turn to the right or to the left;
keep your feet away from evil.

That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

Happy [is the] person who listens to me, [in order] to keep watch at my doors day by day, [in order] to guard the frames of my entrances.

The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

A fool bringeth up a slander of his neighbour; but a wise man will keep it secret.

A dissembling person will discover privy things; but he that is of a faithful heart, will keep counsel.

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all;
Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

The law is a well of life unto the wise; that it may keep him from the snares of death.

In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

In every place, the eyes of Yahweh keep watch over the evil and the good.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.

The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

He longed a longing all the day: and the just one shall give and not keep back.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,
but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and the one who has it,
But He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

Make no friendship with an angry willful man, and keep no company with the furious;

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

Listen, my son, and be wise;
keep your mind on the right course.

Keep no company with winebibbers and riotous eaters of flesh;

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won't be cut short.

Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

My son, fear both the LORD and the king, and don't keep company with rebels.

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.

Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds,

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

Keep falsehood and a {lying word} far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me [with] food [only for] my need.