to know wisdom and instruction, to discern the words of understanding,

to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and justice and equity,

to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion,

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

For they shall be a garland of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.

For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Turn back at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you. I will make my words known to you.

But he who hearkens to me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.

so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright, a shield to those who walk in integrity,

For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul,

to deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,

(for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;

none who go to her return again, nor do they attain to the paths of life),

My son, do not forget my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments.

For length of days, and years of life, and peace, they will add to thee.

It will be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things thou can desire are to be compared to her.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.

By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

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

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Do not say to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give, when thou have it by thee.

Do not devise evil against thy neighbor, since he dwells securely by thee.

Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done thee no harm.

Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

For the perverse man is an abomination to LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.

Surely {the Lord is opposed to the arrogant (LXX/NT)}, but he gives grace to the lowly.

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

For I was a son to my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

Get wisdom, get understanding. Do not forget, nor decline from the words of my mouth.

Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee.

Exalt her, and she will promote thee. She will bring thee to honor when thou embrace her.

She will give to thy head a garland of grace, a crown of beauty she will deliver to thee.

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.

Avoid it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

My son, attend to my words. Incline thine ear to my sayings.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left. Remove thy foot from evil.

My son, attend to my wisdom. Incline thine ear to my understanding,

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death. Her steps take hold on Sheol,

Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,

lest thou give thine honor to others, and thy years to the cruel,

Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!

a loving hind and a pleasant doe. Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and be thou ravished always with her love.

He shall die for lack of instruction. And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.

Do not give sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

There are six things which LORD hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him:

a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.

Bind them continually upon thy heart. Tie them about thy neck.

to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.

Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids.

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

Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.

For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding [thy] kinswoman,

passing through the street near her corner. And he went the way to her house,

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

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

Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me. I have paid my vows this day.

Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.

He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.

Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Let not thy heart decline to her ways. Go not astray in her paths.

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

To you, O men, I call. And my voice is to the sons of men.

For my mouth shall utter truth. And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

that I may cause those who love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.

when he gave to the sea its bound that the waters should not transgress his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.

He who is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

to call to those who pass by, who go right on their ways:

He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

LORD will not allow the soul of a righteous man to famish, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man [is] to sin.

The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

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

The way of LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.