If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.

None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:

Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.

For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:

Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses;

Come, feed on my food, and drink of the wine I have mingled;

There is who scattereth, and increaseth yet more, and who withholdeth of what is due, only to come to want.

He that diligently seeketh good, aimeth at favour, but, he that studieth mischief, it shall come on himself.

Better slighted, and have a servant, than to honour oneself, and come short of bread.

The hand of the diligent, shall hear rule, but, the indolent, shall come under tribute.

Indolence, roasteth not, his own game, but, the substance of a man, is precious, when he is diligent.

A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

Do not love sleep, lest thou come to poverty, open thine eyes, be satisfied with bread.

He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.

For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!

But, to reprovers, one should be pleasant, and, upon them, should come an excellent blessing:

And lo! there had come up all over it - thorns, there had covered the face thereof - thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.

For better it be said to thee, Come up hither, - than that thou be put lower down before a noble, whom thine own eyes, have beheld.

Strength and dignity, are her clothing, and she laugheth at the time to come: