My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.

Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.

and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving.

when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

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

Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.

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

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.

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

A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; all the weights in the bag are his work.

The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

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

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

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

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

There are many plans in a man's heart, but Yahweh's counsel will prevail.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"

"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.

for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

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

Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.