The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;

But in vain is the net laid forth before the bird's eyes.

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].

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction.

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

My son, let them not escape from your sight,
But keep sound wisdom and discretion,

when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.

For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Turn not aside, neither to the righthand nor to the left; but withhold thy foot from evil.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

You aren't thinking about where her life is headed; her steps wander, but you do not realize it.

Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

Drink water from thy pit, and flowing from the midst of thy well.

but let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

Do this now, my son, and release yourself [from the obligation];
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor [to pay his debt and release you].

but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest.

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?

So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]
And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].

Put them up together in thine heart, and bind them about thy neck.

For [the] price of a woman, a prostitute, [is the] price of a loaf of bread, but the {woman belonging to a man} hunts precious life.

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

He getteth himself also shame and dishonour, such as shall never be put out.

Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

until an arrow pierces his {entrails}, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that {it will cost him his life}.

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

For, faithfulness, shall my mouth softly utter, but, the abomination of my lips, shall be lawlessness;

Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.

He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.

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

Give a discrete man but an occasion, and he will be the wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

In the lips of him that hath understanding 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 hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.

The wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

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

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

Choice silver, is the tongue of the righteous, but, the sense of the lawless, is very small.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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

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

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

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

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

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

The righteous is delivered from trouble, but the wicked enters into it.

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

When it goes well for the righteous, the city rejoices,
And when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.