A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.

Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.