for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced,
knowledge and discretion to a young man—

I saw among the inexperienced,
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.

A sly wink of the eye causes grief,
and foolish lips will be destroyed.

Even a young man is known by his actions—
if his behavior is pure and upright.

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.

The glory of young men is their strength,
and the splendor of old men is gray hair.

there will be enough goat’s milk for your food—
food for your household
and nourishment for your female servants.

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The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”
Three things are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough!”:

Sheol; a childless womb;
earth, which is never satisfied with water;
and fire, which never says, “Enough!”

As for the eye that ridicules a father
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.

the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship at sea,
and the way of a man with a young woman.