My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not let go of your mother's teaching.

Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit.

My son, do not go along with them, and keep your feet away from their paths!

None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back. I will pay you tomorrow," when you have cash with you.

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go! Guard wisdom, because she is your life!

Do not enter the path of the wicked, or go along the way of evil men.

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead to Sheol.

Keep far away from her, and don't go near the entrance to her house,

then do this, my son, and deliver yourself, because you have come under your neighbor's control. Go, humble yourself! Plead passionately with your neighbor!

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

Be sure of this: the wicked will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will go free.

Won't those who plot evil go astray? But gracious love and truth are for those who plan what is good.

The LORD detests those who are proud; truly they will not go unpunished.

Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker, and whoever is happy about disaster will not go unpunished.

A witness to lies will not go unpunished; the teller of falsehoods will not escape.

A witness to lies will not go unpunished; the teller of falsehoods will perish.

Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

Never abandon your friend nor your father's friend, and don't go to your brother's house in times of trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who lives far away.

She is confident that her profits are sufficient. Her lamp does not go out at night.