If you sit down, you will not panic, and [if] you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.

For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.

But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.

Her feet go down [to] death; her steps take hold [of] Sheol.

How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?

{When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you.

For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked down.

She has sent her servant girls, she calls upon the wings of the high places of town,

She sits at the door of her house, upon a throne [at the] high places of town,

Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.

The {wisest of women} builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear [it] down, but he will maintain the {property line} of the widow.

The words of a whisper [are] like delicious morsels, and they themselves go down [to] inner parts of the body.

To a city of warriors, the wise ascends, and he will bring down the stronghold--its object of trust.

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly.

And you will be like him who lies down in the heart of the sea, and like him who lies down on top of a mast.

Do not say, "Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him; I will pay back the man according to his deed."

and behold, it was overgrown--all of it was covered [with] thorns, its surface with nettles, and {its stone wall} was broken down.

The words of a whisperer [are] like delicious morsels, and they go down to the inner parts of the body.

Who has ascended [to] heaven and come down? Who has gathered [the] wind in the hollow of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What [is] his name and what is the name of his child? For [surely] you know.

This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says "I have not done wrong."

"Many daughters have done excellence, but {you surpass} all of them."