If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

The wise will inherit honor and glory,
But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.

And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh with thee.

For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

On top of the highest places along the road she stands where the roads meet.

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest it.

She sits by the doorway of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,

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

The man who wandereth from the way of discretion, in the gathered host of the shades, shall settle down.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Many are the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'