The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:

Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;

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

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

My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;

My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;

The, chastening of Yahweh, my son, do not reject, nor loathe his rebuke;

For, whom Yahweh loveth, he correcteth, he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth.

My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose:

For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother.

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.

My son, to my words, attend, to my sayings, incline thou thine ear;

My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:

Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.

Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?

His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.

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

Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:

My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son, maketh a glad father, but, a foolish son, is the grief of his mother.

He that gathereth in summer, is a prudent son, he that sleepeth long in harvest, is a son causing shame.

The labour of the righteous, leadeth to life, the increase of the lawless, to sin.

A righteous son, turneth to life, but, he that pursueth wickedness, to his own death.

As a ring of gold in the snout of a swine, is a woman of beauty who hath abandoned discretion.

A son of earth, shall not be established, by lawlessness, but, the root of the righteous, shall not be disturbed.

Of the fruit of a man's mouth, shall he be satisfied with good, and, the dealing of the hands of a son of earth, shall be paid back to him.

A wise son, cometh of a father's correction, but, a scoffer, heareth not a rebuke.

He that withholdeth his rod, hateth his son, - but, he that loveth him, carefully correcteth him.

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

A foolish son , spurneth the correction of his father, but, he that heedeth a reproof, sheweth prudence.

A wise son, maketh a glad father, - but, a dullard, despiseth his own mother.

A prudent servant, shall rule over a son who causeth shame, and, in the midst of brothers, shall he share the inheritance.

A vexation to his father, is the son that is a dullard, and a bitterness, to her that bare him.

Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard, - and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.

Correct thy son, because there is hope, yet, not so as to slay him, let thy passion be excited.

He that ruineth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son causing shame and reproach.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction that would cause thee to wander from the sayings of knowledge.

Who can say, I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?

From Yahweh, are a man's steps, a son of earth, then - how can he discern his way?

The lamp of Yahweh, is the spirit of a son of earth, searching all the chambers of the inner man.

Loftiness of eyes, and ambition of heart - the lamp of the lawless, are sin.

My son! if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart.

Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him:

Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;

The purpose of folly, is sin, and, an abomination to mankind, is a buffoon.

Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate:

Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;

As the cold of snow in the day of harvest, is a faithful messenger to them who send him, - when, the life of his masters, he restoreth.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour.

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye, - more hope of a dullard, than of him!

Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me in a matter.

He that keepeth instruction, is a son with discernment, but, a companion of squanderers, bringeth shame to his father.

Correct thy son, that he may give thee rest, that he may give delight to thy soul.

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words, - there is, more hope of a dullard, than of him.

He that dealeth tenderly with his servant from childhood, in his after life, shall have him for a son.

The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, even the oracle, - The utterance of the man, for Ithiel, for Ithiel and Ucal.

Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;

Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?

What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? aye what, the son of my vows?

She feareth not, for her household, because of the snow, for, all her household, are clothed with crimson: