All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil;

Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters:

Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses;

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

Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.

For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fail, - yea strong men, slain wholly by her:

That I may cause them who love me to inherit substance, and, their treasuries, I may fill.

A deceptive balance, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, a full weight, is his delight.

The righteousness of the blameless, shall smooth his way, but, by his own lawlessness, shall the lawless one, fall.

With no guidance, a people will fall, but, safety, lieth in the greatness of the counsellor.

He that trusteth in his riches, the same, shall fall, but, like the leaf, shall the righteous break forth.

Unseemly to the righteous, is any trouble, but, the lawless, are full of misfortune.

Much food, is in the fallow ground of the poor, but there is that is swept away, for want of justice.

Before grievous injury, pride! and, before a fall, haughtiness of spirit!

Better a dry morsel, and peace therewith, than a house full of contentious sacrifices.

The crooked in heart, shall not find good, and, he that is perverse with his tongue, shall fall into wickedness.

Even a fool, holding his peace, is accounted, wise, - He that closeth his lips, is thought to have understanding.

Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.

For, seven times, may the righteous fall and yet arise, but, lawless men, shall stumble into calamity.

He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, shall fall, and, he that rolleth a stone, upon himself, shall it return.

Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.

Though thou pound a fool in a mortar, amidst grain, with a pestle, his folly, will not depart from him.

He that misguideth the upright into a hurtful way! into his own pit, he himself, shall fall, but, men of integrity, shall inherit good.

How happy the man who is ever circumspect, whereas, he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into calamity.

A man oppressed with a person's blood, unto a pit, shall flee, let them not hold him back.

He that walketh with integrity, shall be saved, but, he that is crooked, turning two ways, shall fall in one.

Lest I be full, and deny, and say - Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.