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

My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;

Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: -

To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they and to thee.

Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee, - bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

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

Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.

Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong.

Do not forsake her, and she will guard thee, - love her and she will keep thee.

Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dust embrace her:

She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.

In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness.

Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee.

Let, thine eyes, right onward, look, - and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.

Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee.

A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore.

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;

When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:

To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.

Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;

For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:

Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

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

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.

Do not say, I will requite wrong! Wait thou for Yahweh that he may save thee.

That in Yahweh may be thy trust, I have made them known to thee to-day, even to thee.

Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge:

To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.

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

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, thou shall consider well, what is before thee;

For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.

For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.

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

Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.

For better it be said to thee, Come up hither, - than that thou be put lower down before a noble, whom thine own eyes, have beheld.

Do not go forth to strive in haste, - lest thou know not what to do in the latter end thereof, when thy neighbour, hath put thee to shame.

Lest he that heareth expose thee, and, the report concerning thee, turn not away.

Honey having found, eat to suffice thee, lest thou loathe it, and vomit it forth.

Withhold thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, - lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

For, burning coals, shalt thou be heaping upon his head, - and, Yahweh, will repay thee.

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

Correct thy son, that he may give thee rest, that he may give delight to thy soul.

Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.

Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.