Thou shall cast thy lot among us. We will all have one bag.

Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded,

but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof,

Do not say to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give, when thou have it by thee.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom. I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.

Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me. I have paid my vows this day.

Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling, and find out knowledge [and] discretion.

Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge. I am understanding, I have might.

Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.

He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.

In the fear of LORD is strong confidence, and his sons shall have a place of refuge.

A servant who deals wisely shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brothers.

Luxurious living is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over rulers.

The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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

That thy trust may be in LORD, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.

Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge,

If thou have not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

so the knowledge of wisdom [is] to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

For it is better that it be said to thee, Come up here, than that thou should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.

Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.

To have respect of persons is not good, nor that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes shall have many a curse.

He who brings up his servant gently from childhood shall have him become a son at the last.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,

and I have not learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.

Two things I have asked of thee, deny me not before I die:

So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no iniquity.

the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands,

If thou have done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou have thought evil, [lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he shall have no lack of gain.

Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excel them all.