for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

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

so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.

For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:

that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me.

And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:

but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in their way are his delight.

Overthrow the wicked, and they are no more; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.

Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh aright.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words, they are not to be found.

The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!

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

Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.

'They have smitten me, and I am not sore; they have beaten me, and I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.

Evil men understand not judgment; but they that seek Jehovah understand everything.

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.

There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:

The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;

the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;

the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;

lest they drink And forget the law, And pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.