if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause:

Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not hear: they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.

And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD,

Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels:

All they that go in unto her, come not again, neither take they hold of the way of life.

For they shall prolong the days and years of thy life, and bring thee peace.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and blessed are they that keep her fast.

For they cannot sleep, except they have first done some mischief: neither take they any rest, except they have first done some harm.

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

But the way of the ungodly is as the darkness, wherein men fall, or they be aware.

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

That they may lead thee where thou goest, preserve thee when thou art asleep, and that when thou awakest, thou mayest talk of them.

that they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the harlot:

They are all plain to such as will understand, and right to them that find knowledge.

I am loving unto those that love me, and they that seek me early, shall find me.

"Therefore hearken unto me, O ye children, for blessed are they that keep my ways.

But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his own soul. All they that hate me, are the lovers of death."

But they consider not that death is there, and that her guests go down to hell.

A gracious woman maintaineth honesty; as for the mighty, they maintain riches.

It shall not help the wicked, though they lay all their hands together; but the seed of the righteous shall be preserved.

The talking of the ungodly is how they may lay wait for blood; but the mouth of the righteous will deliver them.

They that imagine evil in their mind, will deceive; but the counselors of peace shall have joy following them.

The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him.

Some men are rich, though they have nothing; again, some men are poor having great riches.

Hastily gotten goods are soon spent; but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase.

They that imagine wickedness, shall be disappointed; but they that muse upon good things, unto such shall happen mercy and faithfulness.

Better is a little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure; for they are not without sorrow.

Righteous lips are pleasant unto kings; and they love him that speaketh the truth.

The unity of brethren is stronger than a castle, and they that hold together are like the bar of a palace.

It is a man's honour to keep himself from strife; but they that have pleasure in brawling, are fools every one.

The robberies of the ungodly shall be their own destruction; for they would not do the thing that was right.

A wise man winneth the city of the mighty; and as for the strength that they trust in, he bringeth it down.

The sacrifice of the ungodly is abomination, for they offer the thing that is gotten with wickedness.

for if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from under thee.

Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in their business stand before kings, and not among the simple people?

"They wounded me," shalt thou say, "but it hath not hurt me. They smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well awakened, I will go to the drink again."

But they that rebuke the ungodly shall be commended, and a rich blessing shall come upon them.

A slanderer's words are like flattery, but they pierce the inward parts of the body.

A wise man seeing the plague will hide himself; as for fools they go on still, and suffer harm.

They that forsake the law, praise the ungodly; but such as keep the law, abhor them.

Wicked men discern not the thing that is right, but they that seek after the LORD, discuss all things.

When the ungodly are come up, men are fain to hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.

This peoples' teeth are swords, and with their jawbones they consume and devour the simple of the earth, and the poor from among men.

There be four things in the earth, the which are very little: but in wisdom they exceed the wise.

The Emmets are but a weak people, yet gather they their meat together in the harvest.

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their couches among the rocks.

The grasshoppers have not a guide, yet go they forth together by heaps.

Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity.

that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity.