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

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;

My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement;

for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, 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 an only one in the sight of my mother.

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

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

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

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

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

My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

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

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

The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

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

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

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

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.

Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to peoples.

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

A wise servant shall 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 bore 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; but set not thy soul upon killing him.

He that ruineth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.

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

Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

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

Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.

The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:

My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:

My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.

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 honour beseemeth not a fool.

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.

Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest, and shall give delight unto thy soul.

Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal:

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?

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.