My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And is quiet from fear of evil!'

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it.

Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.

For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

From the fruit of the mouth is one satisfied with good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools is: Turn from evil.

Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

A path of life is on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

Far is Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.

Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.

A highway of the upright is, 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah is all its judgment!

Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.

Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!

House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

Thorns -- snares are in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.

Lest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated with thee, and have hated thee.

As cold waters for a weary soul, So is a good report from a far country.

As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, At his latter end also he is continuator.

Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah is the judgment of each.

Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.

A generation -- swords are their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.

An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,

She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.

She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed with scarlet.