The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel,

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

My son, walk not thou in the way with them. Restrain thy foot from their path.

My son, if thou will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee,

My son, do not forget my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments.

My son, despise not the chastening of LORD, nor be weary of his reproof.

For whom LORD loves he reproves, {and he whips every son whom he receives (LXX/NT)}.

My son, let them not depart from thine eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,

For I was a son to my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be many.

My son, attend to my words. Incline thine ear to my sayings.

My son, attend to my wisdom. Incline thine ear to my understanding,

For why should thou, my son, be ravished with an interloping woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

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

He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man [is] to sin.

A ring of gold in a swine's snout, [is] a fair woman who is without discretion.

A wise son [hears] his father's instruction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him promptly.

Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.

He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

A servant who deals wisely shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brothers.

Son's sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.

To err from the words of knowledge, cease, my son, to hear instruction.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?

A high look, and a proud heart, [even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,

My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.

For it is better that it be said to thee, Come up here, than that thou should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [is] a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest, yea, he will give delight to thy soul.

He who brings up his servant gently from childhood shall have him become a son at the last.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle. The man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou k

What, my son? And what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?

She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet.