Don’t accuse anyone without cause,
when he has done you no harm.

At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,

For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.

Wisdom has built her house;
she has carved out her seven pillars.

She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.

She has sent out her female servants;
she calls out from the highest points of the city:

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

One man pretends to be rich but has nothing;
another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.

The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,
but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence
and his children have a refuge.

The house of the righteous has great wealth,
but trouble accompanies the income of the wicked.

All the days of the oppressed are miserable,
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

The Lord has prepared everything for His purpose—
even the wicked for the day of disaster.

A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.

Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.

A wicked person desires evil;
he has no consideration for his neighbor.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?
Who has wounds for no reason?
Who has red eyes?

Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”

Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.

When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers,
but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes,
but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in His hands?
Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name,
and what is the name of His Son—
if you know?

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