My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and thou shalt not reject the law of thy mother:

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Thy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is -- to all of us.'

My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee,

that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding.

For if thou criest after wisdom, and callest for knowledge;

If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures;

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

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

That thou mayest be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things;

That thou mayest be delivered also from the strange woman, and from her that is not thine own: which giveth sweet words,

Therefore walk thou in the good way, and keep the paths of the righteous.

My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;

So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and men.

Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

Thou shalt not be wise in thine eyes: fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither faint when thou are rebuked of him.

Wisdom is more worth than precious stones, and all the things that thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

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

If thou sleepest thou shalt not be afraid, but shall take thy rest and sleep sweetly.

Thou needest not to be afraid of any sudden fear, neither for the violent rushing of the ungodly, when it cometh.

For the LORD shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

Thou shalt not withhold good from those possessing it in its being to the power of thy hand to do.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

Thou shalt not contend with man to no purpose, if he did thee no evil

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth.

Thou shalt not forsake her, and she will watch thee: love her, and she will guard thee.

The chief point of wisdom is that thou be willing to obtain wisdom, and before all thy goods to get the understanding.

Make much of her and she shall promote thee: Yea, if thou embracest her, she shall bring thee unto honour.

So that if thou goest therein, there shall no straitness hinder thee: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.

Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life.

Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:

Reject it, thou shalt not pass in it; turn aside from it and pass by.

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

Above all that must be guarded, keep thou thy heart, for, out of it, are the issues of life.

Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established.

Thou shalt not decline to the right and the left: turn away thy foot from evil

My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:

that thou mayest regard good counsel, and that thy lips may keep nurture.

She regardeth not the path of life, so unsteadfast are her ways, that thou canst not know them.

Remove far off from her thy way, and thou shalt not draw near to the door of her house:

That thou give not thine honour unto another, and thy years to the cruel;

Yea, that thou mourn not at the last, when thou hast spent thy body and goods,

and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

My son, why wilt thou have pleasure in a harlot, and embrace the bosom of another woman?

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man:

yea, thou art bound with thine own words, and taken with thine own speech.

Therefore my son, do this: and thou shalt be discharged, when thou art come into thy neighbour's danger. Go thy ways then soon, and entreat thy neighbour:

Thou shalt not give sleep to thine eyes, and slumber to thine eyelashes.

Go to the Emmet, thou sluggard: consider her ways, and learn to be wise.

How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep:

Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:

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 thou lust not after her beauty in thine heart, and lest thou be taken with her fair looks.

no, though thou wouldest offer him great gifts to make amends, he will not receive them.

My son, watch my words, and thou shalt hide my commands with thee.

Keep my commandments and my law, even as the apple of thine eye, and thou shalt live.

Say unto wisdom, "Thou art my sister," and call understanding thy kinswoman:

That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.

Let not thine heart wander in her ways, and be thou not deceived in her paths.

For wisdom is more worth than precious stones; yea, all the things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared unto it.

Thou shalt not reprove him mocking, lest he shall hate thee: reprove to the wise one and he will love thee.

Thou shalt give to the wise one and he will be more wise: make known to the just one and he will add receiving.

If thou be wise, thy wisdom shall do thyself good: but if thou thinkest scorn thereof, it shall be thine own harm.

Or ever thou canst turn thee about, the ungodly shall be overthrown; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

In the mouth of the foolish, is a haughty rod, but, as for the lips of the wise, thou shalt give heed to them!

See that thou meddle not with a fool; and do as though thou hadst no knowledge.

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and look: what thou devisest, it shall prosper.

In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.

For great wrath bringeth harm; therefore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurture.

O give ear unto good counsel, and be content to be reformed; that thou mayest be wise here after.

If thou smitest a scornful person, the ignorant shall take better heed; and if thou reprovest one that hath understanding, he will be the wiser.

Delight not thou in sleep, lest thou come to poverty; but open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread enough.

Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

A revealer of secrets, is one who goeth about talebearing, therefore, with him who openeth his lips, shalt thou not have fellowship.

Say not thou, "I will recompense evil"; but put thy trust in the LORD, and he shall defend thee.

The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

If thou teachest a child in his youth what way he should go; he shall not leave it when he is old.

Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;

for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep it in thine heart, and practice it in thy mouth -

that thou mayest always put thy trust in the LORD.

That I might show thee the truth and that thou with the verity mightest answer them that lay anything against thee?

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

lest thou learn his ways, and receive hurt unto thy soul.

Be not thou one of them that bind their hand upon promise, and are surety for debt;

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

Thou shalt not remove the landmark, which thy fore elders have set.

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