They will be a graceful wreath for your head and a chain for your neck.

If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

For they run toward evil; these enticers shed blood without hesitation.

but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves.

"Then they will call out to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

"Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

they did not want my advice, and they rejected all my correction.

They will eat the fruit of their way, and they will be filled with their own devices.

None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.

For they will add length to your days, years to your life, and abundant peace to you.

and they will be life to you and a graceful ornament for your neck.

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

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

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.

For they are life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.

They should be for you alone and not for strangers who are with you.

so they can keep you from an adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her seductive words.

What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.

If the righteous receive what they are due here on earth, how much more will the wicked and the sinner.

After they're overthrown, the wicked won't be found, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

Plans fail without advice, but with many counselors they are confirmed.

The LORD detests those who are proud; truly they will not go unpunished.

Kings take pleasure in righteous speech; they treasure a person who speaks what is upright.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.

All the relatives of a poor person shun him how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he runs after them pleading, they aren't around.

A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people.

Devastation caused by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is just.

A wise man attacks the city of the mighty, bringing down the fortress in which they trust.

"They struck me," you will say, "but I never felt it. They beat me, but I never knew it When will I wake up? I want another drink."

because they plan violence, and they are always talking about trouble.

They will be destroyed suddenly, and who knows what kind of punishment will come from these two?

The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels; they sink down deep within.

The righteous person is concerned about the poor; but the wicked don't understand what they need to know.

Some people what an arrogant look they have! raise their eyebrows haughtily.

The afterlife, the barren womb, earth that still demands water, and fire they never say, "Enough".

Four things on earth are small, but they are very, very wise:

Ants aren't a strong species, yet they prepare their food in the summer.

The rock badgers aren't a strong species either, yet they build their dens in the rocks.

Locusts have no king, but they all swarm in ranks.

Spiders can be caught by the hand, yet they're found in kings' palaces.

Otherwise, they may drink and forget what has been ordained, perverting justice for all the oppressed.