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; Refrain thy foot from their path:

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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

For I was a son unto 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 unto my sayings.

My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,'so is a fair woman that is without discretion.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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

Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

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

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.

He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.

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.

My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

The thought of foolishness 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 Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,'so is a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth 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 that reproacheth me.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; The oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:

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

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.