Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

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

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

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

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

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

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

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

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

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 have seen.

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

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

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.