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

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

From such as leave the high street, and walk in the ways of darkness;

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

Let mercy and faithfulness never go from thee: bind them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thine heart.

Be not wise in thine own conceit, but fear the LORD, and depart from evil:

My son, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law and my counsel:

Get thee wisdom, get thee understanding, forget not the words of my mouth, and shrink not from them.

Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them even in the midst of thine heart.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and let the lips of slander be far from thee.

Turn not aside, neither to the righthand nor to the left; but withhold thy foot from evil.

Hear me therefore, O my son, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Keep thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house:

Save thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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

That she may keep thee from the strange woman, and from the harlot which giveth sweet words.

I have been ordained from everlasting, and from the beginning before the earth was made.

Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

The LORD will not let the soul of the righteous suffer hunger; but he putteth the ungodly from his desire.

Riches help not in the day of vengeance; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Some man giveth out his goods, and is richer; but the niggard, having enough, will depart from nothing, and yet is ever in poverty.

The law is a well of life unto the wise; that it may keep him from the snares of death.

When a desire is brought to pass, it delighteth the soul; but fools count it abomination to depart from evil.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but a fool goeth on presumptuously.

The LORD is far from the ungodly; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, the plague shall not depart from his house.

He accompanieth himself with all steadfast and healthsome doctrine, that hath a desire to it and is sequestered from company.

My son, heareth no more the doctrine that leadeth thee away from the words of understanding.

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

Who can say, "My heart is clean, I am innocent from sin"?

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue; the same keepeth his soul from troubles.

Spears and snares are in the way of the froward; but he that will keep his soul, let him flee from such.

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

Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die thereof.

Thou smitest him with the rod; but thou deliverest his soul from hell.

Lest the LORD, when he seeth it, be angry and turn his wrath from him unto thee.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and keep no company with them that slide back from his fear:

Take the dross from the silver, and there shall be a clean vessel thereof.

Take away ungodliness from the king, and his seat shall be established with righteousness.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, lest he be weary of thee, and so abhor thee.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool with a pedestal in a mortar like oatmeal, yet will not his foolishness go from him.

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, his prayer shall be abhorred.

He that giveth unto the poor, shall not want; but he that turneth away his eyes from such as be in necessity, shall suffer great poverty himself.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall make him his master at length.

Many there be that seek the prince's favour, but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

Who hath climbed up into heaven? Who hath come down from thence? Who hath holden the wind fast in his hand? Who hath comprehended the waters in a garment? Who hath set all the ends of the world? What is his name, or his son's name? Canst thou tell?

Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, only grant me a necessary living.

The generation that think themselves clean, shall not be cleansed from their filthiness.

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

She is like the merchants' ship, that bringeth her victuals from afar.