To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

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

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

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

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

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

Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them.

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the path of it there is no death.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may reveal itself.

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and will not he render to every man according to his works?

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

He that robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rageth or laugheth, there is no rest.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

A greyhound; a he-goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.