lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.

Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

"Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.