Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:

For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;

Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.

Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud:

She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying,

Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,

The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.

The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.

Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them.