If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;

so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman:

when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

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

A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous man.

In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince.

The king's favour is toward a wise servant; but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish.

When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.

A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips is he satisfied.

The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand.

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

Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.

It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry.

Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.

The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:

So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

for better it is 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 see.

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.

Clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that boasteth himself of a false gift.

Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.

As he that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a sad heart.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.

As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.

so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?

As coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

When the wicked increase, transgression increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.

A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour.

Many seek the ruler's face; but a man's right judgment is from Jehovah.

Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

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

lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to say, Where is the strong drink?

And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.