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 ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.

She cries in the chief place of concourse, at the entrance of the gates, in the city. She utters her words:

Turn back at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you. I will make my words known to you.

Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded,

I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,

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

For LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth [is] 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 treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

For length of days, and years of life, and peace, they will add to thee.

It will be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

For the gain of it is better than the gain of silver, and the profit of it than fine gold.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Do not say to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give, when thou have it by thee.

Avoid it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

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 with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

and thou mourn at thy latter end when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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

a loving hind and a pleasant doe. Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and be thou ravished always with her love.

How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?

When thou walk, it shall lead thee. When thou sleep, it shall watch over thee. And when thou awake, it shall talk with thee.

Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.

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

Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lays in wait at every corner.

For the man is not at home. He has gone a long journey.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.

till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.

Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding put forth her voice?

Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she cries aloud:

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

I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling, and find out knowledge [and] discretion.

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

when he gave to the sea its bound that the waters should not transgress his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.

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

Wisdom has built her house. She has hewn out her seven pillars.

She has sent forth her maidens. She cries out upon the highest places of the city:

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

Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.

And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

The blessing of LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

The way of LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked [is] perverseness.

A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. 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.

He who is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.

There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but a blessing shall be upon the head of him who sells it.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

The words of the wicked lay in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

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

He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

There is he who makes himself rich, yet has nothing, [and] he who makes himself poor, yet [has] great wealth.

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

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

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish woman plucks it down with her own hands.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and [finds it] not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.

Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.

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

The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.

Better is little with the fear of LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

LORD will root up the house of the proud, but he will establish the border of the widow.

The heart of a righteous man meditates to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

When a man's ways please LORD, he makes 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 wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

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

Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly.

The hoary head is a crown of glory. It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.

He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.

The beginning of strife is [like] letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

He who begets a fool [it is] to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

The name of LORD is a strong tower. A righteous man runs into it, and is safe.

He who gives answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.

He who pleads his case first [seems] just, but his neighbor comes and searches him out.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

He who makes many friends [does it] to his own destruction, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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