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 in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;

Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

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

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; 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,

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, 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 man.

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.

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her.

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

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

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, 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 to thy neighbor, 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 principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

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 discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, 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:

Lest thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel:

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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.

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

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

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? 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:

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

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

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

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 to 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 art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

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 shalt 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!

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of 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.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Thou shalt strike him mocking, and the simple will be crafty: and reprove to him understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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

He revealing a secret going about tale-bearing: and thou shalt not intermingle with him embracing his lips.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save 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 the wise, and thou shalt set thy heart to my knowledge.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?

Thou shalt not strip the poor because he is poor: and thou shalt not crush the humble in the gate.

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

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Thou shalt not remove the old bound which thy fathers made.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.