who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

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

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

Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

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

That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!

Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.

She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.

It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

The ear that hears and the eye that sees -- the Lord has made them both.

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the creator of them both.

Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,