Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead),
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];

since you neglected all my counsel
and did not accept my correction,

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

they did not want my advice, and they rejected all my correction.

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when he did not do you harm.

Her feet go down to death;
Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

and then say, "Alas, why hated I nurture? Why did my heart despise correction?

and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!

"Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] upon me; {today} I completed my vows.

Her house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.

And he sinning against me did violence to his soul: all hating me loved death.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

The unjust one did a work of falsehood: and the seed of justice the reward of truth.

From the fruit of the mouth is one satisfied with good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the place of eternal punishment) lie open before the Lord—
How much more the hearts and inner motives of the children of men.

The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise,
That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below.

He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

So that your trust and reliance and confidence may be in the Lord,
I have taught these things to you today, even to you.

Did I not write to thee three days ago in counsels and knowledge?

You shall swat him with the reed-like rod
And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

“They struck me, but I was not hurt!
They beat me, but I did not feel it!
When will I wake up?
I will seek more wine.”

If you [claim ignorance and] say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs and examines the hearts and their motives?
And does He not know it who guards your life and keeps your soul?
And will He not repay [you and] every man according to his works?

Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

And then sayeth he, "I did it but in sport!"

Make not thy boast of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what may happen today.

Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied;
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.

Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Feed me with food that I need for today,

Sheol, and the barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “It is enough.”

Many daughters did virtue, and thou wentest up over all of them.