To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Throw in your lot with us,
and we’ll all share our money”—

For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;
They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures;

To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

For the upright [those who are in right standing with God] will live in the land
And those [of integrity] who are blameless [in God’s sight] will remain in it;

My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

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

He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.

Wisdom is the main thing; get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

But the way of the ungodly is as the darkness, wherein men fall, or they be aware.

My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

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

and you moan when your end comes, when your flesh and muscle are eaten away,

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man:

Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.

How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

Upon {such a man}, suddenly shall his calamity come; in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?

So it is with the one who sleeps with
another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

In the twilight, in the evening;
In the black and dark night.

She caught the young man, kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying,

For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

Her houses are the way to hell, where men go down into the chambers of death.

Beside the gates at the entry to the city,
at the main entrance, she cries out:

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

Grab hold of my instruction in lieu of money and knowledge instead of the finest gold,

"I, wisdom, have my dwelling with knowledge, and prudent counsel is mine own.

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

By me rulers rule, and ranking men, [even] all the judges of the earth.

Better is my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

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

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous man to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.

Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

The memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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

The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

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

The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men; as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

The fear of a wicked man, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect man, but destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The righteous man shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

The mouth of a righteous man putteth forth wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

The lips of a righteous man know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.

Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.

Where there is no wisdom, the people fall; but in the multitude of wise men there is safety.

He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.