For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

If they shall say, Go with us, we will lie in wait for blood, we will hide for the innocent gratuitously;

And they will lie in wait for their blood; they will hide for their souls.

At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

“If you will turn and pay attention to my rebuke,
Behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.

They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Hear, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed, that ye may learn wisdom.

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

My son, give heed unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence:

Her feet go down to death;
her steps head straight for Sheol.

And thou saidst, How did I hate instruction, and my heart despise reproofs

For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

My son, watch my words, and thou shalt hide my commands with thee.

And behold, there met him a woman with open tokens of a harlot. Only her heart was hid.

"I had a vow to pay, and this day I perform it.

At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,

Take heed unto knowledge, O ye ignorant; be wise in heart, O ye fools.

For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Yahweh, had constituted me the beginning of his way, before his works, at the commencement of that time;

At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;

When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water;

Before mountains had been shaped, before hills, I was brought forth.

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

“Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

The wise shall hide knowledge: and the mouth of the foolish drew near destruction.

The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.

To take heed unto the chastening of nurture, is the way of life; but he that refuseth to be reformed, deceiveth himself.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

He that hath understanding can hide his wisdom; but an indiscreet heart telleth out his foolishness.

The righteous hate lying,
but the wicked act disgustingly and disgracefully.

A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

Desire fulfilled is sweet to the taste,
but to turn from evil
is an abomination to fools.

In the mouth of the foolish, is a haughty rod, but, as for the lips of the wise, thou shalt give heed to them!

The wisdom of him that hath understanding is to take heed unto his way; but the foolishness of the unwise deceiveth.

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that taketh heed when he is reproved, shall have the more understanding.

Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger and patient calms disputes.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.

He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

An ungodly person stirreth up evil; and in his lips he is as a hot burning fire.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

The intelligent person restrains his words,
and one who keeps a cool head
is a man of understanding.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

A hot-tempered person pays a penalty; if you rescue [him], you will do [it] yet again.

If thou smitest a scornful person, the ignorant shall take better heed; and if thou reprovest one that hath understanding, he will be the wiser.

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

When the scornful is punished, the ignorant take the better heed; and when a wise man is warned, he will receive the more understanding.

By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

The crafty saw evil, and he will hide, and the simple passed on and were punished.

Don’t make friends with an angry man,
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man,

And thou wert as he lying down in the heart of the sea, and as he lying down upon the head of the mast

"They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

The honour of God is to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

A man of experience discerneth all things well, but whoso hireth a fool, hireth such one as will take no heed.

The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.

A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

A wise man seeing the plague will hide himself; as for fools they go on still, and suffer harm.

He hiding her, hid the wind, and he shall call the oil of his right hand.

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, [but] those who hate unjust gain will have long days.

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

When a ruler giveth heed to the word of falsehood, all his attendants, become lawless.

A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.

An angry man stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered man increases rebellion.

To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself;
he hears the curse but will not testify.

The righteous abhorreth the ungodly; but as for those that be in the right way, the wicked hate them.

a strutting rooster, a goat,
and a king at the head of his army.

If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his mother.