My son, do not walk in the way with them! Keep back your foot from their path,

But whoever listens to me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

to deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks wicked things;

They will deliver you from the strange woman, the stranger who flatters with her words,

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

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

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

My son, do not let them depart from your eyes; keep sound wisdom and judgment,

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

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not; nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Avoid it; do not pass by it; turn from it, and pass on!

Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.

Put away from you a wicked mouth, and devious lips put far from you.

Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil.

And now hear me, O sons, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

Remove your ways far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,

Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hunter's hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

to keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

so that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

Jehovah possessed me from the beginning of His way, before His works of old.

I was anointed from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth ever was.

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

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivers from death.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

The good gets grace from Jehovah, but He will condemn a man of wicked thoughts.

From the fruit of his mouth a man shall eat good, but the soul of the treacherous eats violence.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but it is hateful to fools to turn from evil.

Go from before a foolish man when you do not see in him the lips of knowledge.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, but a good man from himself.

A wise one fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is sure.

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life to turn aside from the snares of death.

The way of life is above to the wise, so that he may turn away from hell below.

Jehovah is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

The ordering of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from Jehovah.

By mercy and truth, iniquity is purged, and by the fear of Jehovah men turn away from evil.

The way of the upright is to turn away from evil; he who keeps his way guards his way.

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

The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing of it is from Jehovah.

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

Whoever finds a wife finds good and gets favor from Jehovah.

Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

All the brothers of the poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are lacking.

Houses and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

My son, cease to hear the discipline, only to stray from the words of knowledge.

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

Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin?

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

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who keeps his soul shall be far from them.

Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own understanding.

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

You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from hell.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice; and he who fathers a wise child shall have joy from him.

lest Jehovah see, and it displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him.

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

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be founded in righteousness.

Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you and hate you.

Like cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.

Take his robe that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a strange woman.

Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.

For riches are not forever; nor the crown from generation to generation.

He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is a hateful thing.

He pampering his servant from youth, that one in his latter days shall be his successor.

Many seek the ruler's favor; but each man's judgment comes from Jehovah.

I have asked two things from You; do not deny them before I die;

remove far from me vanity and a lying word; give me neither poverty or riches; tear for me my portion of bread,

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their own filth.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

She is like the merchants' ships; she brings her food from afar.