Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it," when you have it with you at the time.

My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,

if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

"I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows!

I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.

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

"Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

The one who puts up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands will be secure.

The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

Who can say, "I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?

Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.

The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

You will say, "They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink."

Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

for it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

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

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong."

locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks;

If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

"Many daughters have done valiantly, but you surpass them all!"