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 hide my commandments with thee;

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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

For I was my father's son, 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, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

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

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

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

My son, keep thy father's commandment, 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 labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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

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.

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

He that is soon angry dealeth 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 wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of 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 while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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

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

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

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

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

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

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

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

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

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 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 honour 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 riotous men shameth his father.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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

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

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

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

She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.