The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep.

For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.

In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness.

Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not whither .

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

Peace-offerings, are by me, to-day, have I paid my vows;

For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:

Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark-hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt;

I have sprinkled my bed, with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon:

Come, feed on my food, and drink of the wine I have mingled;

Better slighted, and have a servant, than to honour oneself, and come short of bread.

In the reverence of Yahweh, is strong security, and, his children, shall have a place of refuge.

Even a fool, holding his peace, is accounted, wise, - He that closeth his lips, is thought to have understanding.

All the brethren of a poor man, hate him, how much more have, his friends, gone far from him, he may hunt up promises - there are none.

Who can say, I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?

A revealer of secrets, is one who goeth about talebearing, therefore, with him who openeth his lips, shalt thou not have fellowship.

The violence of the lawless, shall drag them away, - because they have refused to do justice.

The craving of the sluggard, killeth him, for his hands have refused to work.

That in Yahweh may be thy trust, I have made them known to thee to-day, even to thee.

Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge:

Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:

Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;

For better it be said to thee, Come up hither, - than that thou be put lower down before a noble, whom thine own eyes, have beheld.

He that tilleth his ground, shall have plenty of bread, but, he that pursueth empty-heads, shall have plenty of poverty.

One who giveth to the poor, shall have no want, but, he that hideth his eyes, shall receive many a curse.

He that dealeth tenderly with his servant from childhood, in his after life, shall have him for a son.

Neither have I learned wisdom, nor, the knowledge of the Holy Ones, can I acquire.

Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:

The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!

So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, - she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!

Many daughters, have done virtuously, but, thou, excellest them all!