I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes [upon] you.

When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,

Do not withhold good from its owner when it is in the power of your hand to do.

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go and return and tomorrow I will give [it]," {when it is with you}.

Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when he did not do you harm.

When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother,

{When you walk}, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.

and you groan at your end, when your flesh and body are consumed,

How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?

{When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you.

[People] do not despise a thief when he steals to fill himself when he is hungry.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs of {abounding} water.

When he had not yet made earth and fields, or the first dust of the world,

{when he established} the heavens, there I [was], {when he drew} a circle upon the face of the deep,

{when he made} skies from above, when he founded fountains of the deep,

{when he assigned} his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his {command}, {when he marked} the foundations of the earth,

When good [is with] the righteous, [the] city rejoices, and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.

He will suffer trouble when he loans to a stranger, but he who refuses a pledge is safe.

{When there are no} oxen the manger is empty, but an abundance of crops [comes] by the strength of an ox.

Better [is] a dinner of vegetables when love [is] there than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

Plans go wrong when there is no counsel, but with many advisors it will succeed.

When the ways of a man are pleasing [to] Yahweh, even his enemies he will cause to make peace with him.

"Bad, bad," the buyer will say, but [when] one goes to him, then he will boast.

The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination; how much more when he brings it in divisiveness!

Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what [is] before you,

And my {insides} will rejoice when your lips speak what is upright.

Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly.

"They struck me; I was not hurt. They beat me; I did not know [it]. When I will awake, I will continue; I will seek it again."

While your enemies are falling, do not rejoice; when he trips himself, may your heart not be glad

do not hastily bring out to court, for what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

[Like] clouds and wind when there is no rain, [so too is] a man who boasts in a gift of deception.

When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart.

[When] the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on [and] suffer.

When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear, and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered.

Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.

When the righteous triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.

When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice, but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan.

When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but as for he who guards instruction, happiness [is] his.

under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied [with] food;

under an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.

There [are] three [things] that are magnificent of stride, and four that are magnificent [when] moving:

She does not fear for her house [when] it snows, for {her entire household} is clothed [in] crimson.