My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

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

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

for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.

Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

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

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

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

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

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.

She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.

I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.

Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

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

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

As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

when thou walkest, 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 who flattereth with her words.

therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.

That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made them 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 carry back words of truth to them that send 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 well who is before thee;

For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.

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

let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

for better it is 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 see.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

lest he that heareth it disgrace thee, and thine evil report turn not away.

Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.

for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah shall reward thee.

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

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.