If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

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

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

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

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.