she who forsakes the partner of her youth and has forgotten the covenant of her God,

It has no chief, officer, or ruler.

For there is no man in his home; he has gone on a {long journey}.

For many slain she has laid low, and countless [are] all of her killings.

Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.

She has slaughtered her slaughtering, mixed her wine, [and] also set her table.

She has sent her servant girls, she calls upon the wings of the high places of town,

On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod [is] for the back of one who lacks {sense}.

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

There is one who acts rich but {has nothing}; another who pretends to be poor but [has] wealth.

He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but he who has mercy on the poor blesses him.

[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.

He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.

In the heart of him who has understanding, wisdom rests, but [even] in the midst of fools it becomes known.

The path of life [leads] upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.

All Yahweh has made [is] for his purpose, and even the wicked for the day of trouble.

The ear that hears and the eye that sees, Yahweh has made {them both}.

Take his garment, for he has given security [to] a stranger, and on behalf of a foreigner--take it as pledge.

He who loves purity of heart [and has]{gracious speech}, his friend [is the] king.

Do not say, "Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him; I will pay back the man according to his deed."

A breached city [where] there is no wall [is like] a man who {has no} self-control for his spirit.

A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

Who has ascended [to] heaven and come down? Who has gathered [the] wind in the hollow of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What [is] his name and what is the name of his child? For [surely] you know.

Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed, and he will pervert the rights of all the {afflicted}.