you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us."

Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.

There shall be healing for your {flesh}, and refreshment for your body.

Shall your springs be scattered outward? In the streets, [shall there be] streams of water?

Upon {such a man}, suddenly shall his calamity come; in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.

There are six [things] Yahweh hates, and seven [things are] abominations of his soul:

For there is no man in his home; he has gone on a {long journey}.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs of {abounding} water.

{when he established} the heavens, there I [was], {when he drew} a circle upon the face of the deep,

But he does not know that the dead [are] there, in the depths of Sheol [are] her guests.

With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness, but [the] righteous have a foundation forever.

Where there is no guidance, a nation shall fall, but [there is] safety in an abundance of counsel.

There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.

There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Deceit [is] in the heart of {those who plan} evil, but to {those who plan} peace, [there is] joy.

On the road of righteousness is life, and [on] the way of the path, [may there be] no death.

The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.

There is one who acts rich but {has nothing}; another who pretends to be poor but [has] wealth.

[There is] much food [in] the field of the poor, but {it is swept away} by {injustice}.

{When there are no} oxen the manger is empty, but an abundance of crops [comes] by the strength of an ox.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge {comes easily to him who understands}.

There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.

In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.

In the fear of Yahweh, there is confidence of strength, and for his children, there will be refuge.

[In] the house of the righteous [there is] much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

Better [is] a dinner of vegetables when love [is] there than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

Plans go wrong when there is no counsel, but with many advisors it will succeed.

In the light of the face of the king [there is] life, and his favor [is] like a cloud of spring rain.

There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.

Why [is] this? A price in the hand of a fool, [in order] to buy wisdom where there is no {sense}.

He who begets a fool, [there is] trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.

A man of [many] friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Discipline your child, for there is hope, but on his destruction do not set your desire.

The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.

There is gold and many costly stones, but precious jewels are lips of knowledge.

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.

A deep pit is the mouth of an {adulteress}, [he with whom] Yahweh is angry will fall there.

If there is nothing for you to pay, why will he take your bed from under you?

Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens.

{Surely} there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Thus know wisdom for [the sake of] your soul, if you find [it], then there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

For there will not be a future for the evil; the lamp of the wicked will die out.

As heaven is to height and the earth is to depth, so [is] the heart of kings--there is no searching.

[Like] clouds and wind when there is no rain, [so too is] a man who boasts in a gift of deception.

A breached city [where] there is no wall [is like] a man who {has no} self-control for his spirit.

[Do] you see a man wise in his own eyes? [There is more] hope for a fool than for him.

For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.

And [there will be] enough goats' milk for your food, for [the] food of your household and [the] {nourishment} of your maidservants.

He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.

[For] he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but [for] he who turns his eyes, [there are] many curses.

A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.

[If] a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, then there is rankling and ridicule, but there is no relief.

When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but as for he who guards instruction, happiness [is] his.

By words, a servant is not disciplined, for he will understand, but there is no giving heed.

You see a man who is hasty in his words: [there is more] hope for a fool than him.

[There is] a generation [that] will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.

[There is] a generation [that is] pure in its own eyes, but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed.

[There is] a generation--how lofty [are] their eyes! And their eyelids they will lift.

[There is] a generation whose teeth [are] swords, and its jawbones, knives, [in order] to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from humankind.

For the leech, [there are] two daughters; "Give, give!" [they cry]. As for three of these, they are not satisfied; as for four, they do not say enough.

There [are] four small things on the earth, and they [are] {exceedingly wise}:

there is no king for the locust, yet it marches in rank;

There [are] three [things] that are magnificent of stride, and four that are magnificent [when] moving: