If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

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.

Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

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

Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, 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 simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

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.

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 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.

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.

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?

For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

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 night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:

The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.

This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, 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, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?