My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause:

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:

For the LORD shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

Say not to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he hath done thee no harm.

Get thee wisdom, get thee understanding, forget not the words of my mouth, and shrink not from them.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life are multiplied to thee.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

So that if thou goest therein, there shall no straitness hinder thee: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.

Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

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

Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.

Or ever thou canst turn thee about, the ungodly shall be overthrown; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Get thee from the presence of a man that is a dullard, when thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction that would cause thee to wander from the sayings of knowledge.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

For their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause with thee.

Let not thine heart be jealous to follow sinners; but keep thee still in the fear of the LORD all the day long:

Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.

For by guidance thou shalt make to thee war, and in the multitude of counselors salvation.

Lest the LORD, when he seeth it, be angry and turn his wrath from him unto thee.

Let not thy wrath and jealousy move thee, to follow the wicked and ungodly.

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

For better is it 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.

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

The lambs shall clothe thee, and for the goats thou shalt have money to thy husbandry.

Thou shalt have goats' milk enough to feed thee, to uphold thy household, and to sustain thy maidens.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me them not before I die:

Lest I be full, and deny thee , and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.