If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.

for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.

it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

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

Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.

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

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

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

Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,

now without, now in the broadways, and she lieth in wait at every corner.

For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.

Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.

for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.

while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;

Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.

Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it.

It is as sport to a foolish man to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

The fear of a wicked man, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

The mouth of a righteous man putteth forth wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

The lips of a righteous man know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

It goeth ill with him that is surety for another; but he that hateth suretyship is secure.

As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.

He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

He that is earnest after good seeketh favour; but he that searcheth for mischief, it shall come upon him.

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.

The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Wealth gotten by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase it.

Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by it; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; but it is abomination to the foolish to depart from evil.

The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.

Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.

The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous man.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it!

Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.

The heart of a righteous man studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.

The fury of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!

Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.

He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

Whoso mocketh a poor man reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.

A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth.

The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.

To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?

The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow, and the father of a vile man hath no joy.

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

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

The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil.

A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.

Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.