Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.

I give you sound teaching, so do not abandon my instruction.

And he taught me, and he will say to me, Thy heart shall hold fast my words: watch my commands and live.

Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'

She laid hold upon him and kissed to him; she strengthened her face, and she will say to him,

Like as righteousness bringeth life; even so to cleave unto evil, bringeth death.

He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow the father of a fool has no joy.

A gossip is a revealer of secrets; so do not mix with him who flatters with his lips.

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.

Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,

[Like] clouds and wind when there is no rain, [so too is] a man who boasts in a gift of deception.

[Like] cold water upon a weary soul, [so too is] good news from a distant place.

The lazy person buries his hand in the dish, but he's too tired to bring it to his mouth again.

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so [too] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?