Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:

A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house.

The hand of the diligent, shall hear rule, but, the indolent, shall come under tribute.

the lips of a dullard, enter into contention, and his mouth, for blows, crieth out.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction that would cause thee to wander from the sayings of knowledge.

Blows that out in, cleanse away wickedness, and, smitings, enter the chambers of the inner man.

Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?

Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;

Thine own friend and thy father's friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.

For the transgressions of a land, many are the rulers thereof, but, under an intelligent and discerning man, stability is prolonged.

Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:

Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;

Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.