If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:

rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

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

he taught me and told me, "Let your heart fully embrace what I have to say; keep my commandments and live!

My son, pay attention to my words, and listen closely to what I say.

And you say, “How I have hated instruction!
And my heart spurned reproof!

My son, guard what I say and treasure my commands.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;

So she seizes him and kisses him
And with a brazen face she says to him:

So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I have to say.

"I'm calling to you, men! What I have to say pertains to all mankind!

Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right.

Everything I have to say is just; there isn't anything corrupt or perverse in my speech.

Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge.

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!”
To him who lacks understanding she says,

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.

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,”
And to him who lacks understanding she says,

What the righteous say is a flowing fountain, but what the wicked say conceals violence.

What the righteous person says is like precious silver; the thoughts of the wicked are compared to small things.

What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

By what he says, the godless person can destroy his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

Through the blessing of the righteous a city is built up, but what the wicked say tears it down.

Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.

What a fool says brings a rod to his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

What the wise have to say disseminates knowledge, but it's not in the heart of fools to do so.

When a king is ready to speak officially, what he says should not err with respect to justice.

Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

Wisdom lies beyond reach of the fool; he has nothing to say in court.

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

for it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

Everything God says is pure; he is a shield for those who take refuge in him.

lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

Sheol, and the barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “Enough.”

This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wrong.”

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?

It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to say, Where is the strong drink?

"Many women have done wonderful things," he says, "but you surpass all of them!"