for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head and chains around your neck.

If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;

for their feet run to evil and make haste to shed blood.

And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives.

For the turning away of the simple kills them, and the ease of fools destroys them.

yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice for understanding;

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.

For her house bows down to death, and her paths to the dead.

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

for they shall add length of days, and long life, and peace to you.

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

For the profit from it is better than the gain from silver, and its produce more than fine gold;

For Jehovah shall be your hope, and shall keep your foot from being taken.

For the crooked man is hateful to Jehovah, but His secret is with the righteous.

For I give you good teaching; do not forsake my law.

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Take fast hold of instruction; do not let go; keep her; for she is your life.

For they do not sleep, except when they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

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

For they are life to those who find them, and health to all his flesh.

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

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, and her palate is smoother than oil;

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and He watches all his paths.

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger,

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;

For by means of a harlot a man comes to a piece of bread; and another man's wife will hunt for the precious life.

For jealousy is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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

For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey;

until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare and does not know that it is for his soul.

For she has cast down many wounded; yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is hateful to my lips.

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

And now listen to me, O sons; for blessed are those who keep my ways.

For whoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor from Jehovah.

For by Me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself; but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.

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

In the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him who is without understanding.

The lips of the righteous feed many; but fools die for lack of wisdom.

He who is surety for a stranger shall be ruined; and he who hates suretyship is safe.

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

A good man leaves an inheritance to his sons' sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.

Jehovah has made all for His purpose; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

It is a hateful thing for kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.

He who labors works for himself, for his mouth craves it from him.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.

An excellent lip is not fitting for a fool; much less are lying lips fitting for a prince.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, since he has no heart for it?

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for the time of trouble.

And it is not good to punish the just, nor to strike princes for uprightness.

A fool's lips enter into argument, and his mouth calls for strokes.

A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

Luxury is not becoming for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you deliver him yet you must do it again.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool exposes himself.

Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge from him for strangers.

The righteous wisely considers the house of the wicked; but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.

The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but safety is from Jehovah.

He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.

He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted in your lips,

for Jehovah will plead their cause, and strip the soul of those who plunder them.

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts.

Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceitful food.

Will your eyes fly on it? And it is gone! For surely it makes wings for itself; it flies into the heavens like an eagle.

for as he thinks in his heart, so is he; Eat and drink, he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

for their Redeemer is mighty; He shall plead their cause with you.

Do not withhold correction from a boy, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope shall not be cut off.

Do not be among those who drink much wine, among gluttons for flesh for themselves,

for the drunkard and the glutton lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe a man with rags.

For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

She also lies in wait as for prey, and increases the treacherous among men.

For their heart studies ruin, and their lips talk of mischief.

For by wise counsel you shall make your war; and in a multitude of wise men there is safety.

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

for a just one falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked shall fall into evil.

for there shall not be a hereafter to the evil; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

for their trouble shall rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin of them both?

These also are for the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.

The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but the heart of kings is without searching.

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

for it is better that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of a noble whom your eyes have seen.

Like cold snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to his senders; for he makes return to his master's soul.

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is enough for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it.

for you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah shall reward you.

It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not becoming for a fool.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.