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 keep my commandments by thee,

then shall counsel preserve thee, and 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 which flattereth with her words;

For they shall prolong the days and years of thy life, and bring thee peace.

Let mercy and faithfulness never go from thee: bind them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thine heart.

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

Say not unto thy neighbour, "Go thy way and come again, tomorrow will I give thee"

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

Strive not lightly with any man, wher as 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.

Make much of her and she shall promote thee: Yea, if thou embracest her, she shall bring thee unto honour.

She shall make thee a gracious head, and garnish thee with the crown of glory."

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

I will show thee the way of wisdom, and lead thee in the 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 let the lips of slander be far from thee.

Let thine eyes behold the thing that is right, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

but let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Let her be as the loving hind, and pleasant roe: let her breasts alway satisfy thee, and hold thee ever content 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.

That they may lead thee where thou goest, preserve thee when thou art asleep, and that when thou awakest, thou mayest talk of them.

that they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the harlot:

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

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

That she may keep thee from the strange woman, and from the harlot which giveth sweet words.

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, that I might seek thy face, and so I have found thee.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he owe thee evil will: but 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.

My son, heareth no more the doctrine that leadeth thee away from the words of understanding.

Say not thou, "I will recompense evil"; but put thy trust in the LORD, and he shall defend thee.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep 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 warned thee very oft with counsel and learning?

That I might show thee the truth and that thou with the verity mightest answer them that lay anything against thee?

for if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from under thee.

When thou sittest at the table to eat with a lord, order thyself mannerly with the things that are set before thee.

for he doth as a man that pescribeth a measure in his heart. He sayeth unto thee, "Eat and drink," whereas his heart is not with thee.

For he that delivereth them is mighty, even he shall defend their cause against thee.

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

Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.

So shall thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare 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.

Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest, and shall give delight unto thy soul.

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

Two things do I ask 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 outrage the name of my God.

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.