Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother,

His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.

The wage of the righteous [leads] to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.

Righteousness will guard the upright of way, but wickedness will overthrow sin.

Righteousness will exalt a nation, but sin [is] a reproach to a people.

A decision is upon the lips of a king; in judgment his mouth will not sin.

Who will say "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?

Haughtiness of [the] eyes and pride of heart, [the] lamp of the wicked [are] sin.

Devising folly [is] a sin, and an abomination to humankind [is] a scoffer.

Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king; with those who change, do not associate.

For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,

Like the cold of snow on a day of harvest [is] a faithful messenger to those who send him, and the soul of his master is refreshed.

Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

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

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