to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and justice and equity,

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit.

Thou shall cast thy lot among us. We will all have one bag.

For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird,

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.

when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,

if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

For LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth [is] knowledge and understanding.

Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear LORD, and depart from evil.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.

For the gain of it is better than the gain of silver, and the profit of it than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things thou can desire are to be compared to her.

Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

For the perverse man is an abomination to LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.

The curse of LORD is in the house of a wicked man, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Surely {the Lord is opposed to the arrogant (LXX/NT)}, but he gives grace to the lowly.

The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Wisdom [is] the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.

For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.

For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.

So [is] he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.

Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.

Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.

For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Keep my commandments and live, and my law as the apple of thine eye.

She is loud and headstrong. Her feet abide not in her house.

Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lays in wait at every corner.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning. Let us solace ourselves with love.

For the man is not at home. He has gone a long journey.

He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

To you, O men, I call. And my voice is to the sons of men.

For my mouth shall utter truth. And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge. I am understanding, I have might.

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.

while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

He who is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

The fear of LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding.

If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.

The foolish woman is clamorous, simple, and knows nothing.

He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

The memory of a righteous man is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.

The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

In the lips of him who has discernment wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a foolish man is a present destruction.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man [is] to sin.

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof errs.

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.

The tongue of a righteous man is choice silver. The heart of the wicked is little worth.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked man is no more, but the righteous man is an everlasting foundation.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

The way of LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked [is] perverseness.

A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the lowly is wisdom.

A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

He who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

He who goes around as a tale-bearer reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

He who is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

He who is steadfast in righteousness [comes] to life, and he who pursues evil [comes] to his own death.

Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to LORD, but such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.