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

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:

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 better it is that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy 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 put thee to shame, and thy infamy turn not away.

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

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward thee.

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

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yes, he shall give delight to thy soul.

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

Two things have I required of thee; deny them not to me before I die:

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.