I will also laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your dread comes,

When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Do not be afraid of sudden fear
Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.

Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.

When I was a son to my father,
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;
And if you run, you will not stumble.

And you groan at your final end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;

How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?

When you walk about, they will guide you;
When you sleep, they will watch over you;
And when you awake, they will talk to you.

Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To satisfy himself when he is hungry;

But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold;
He must give all the substance of his house.

“When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.

“When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,

When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,
But he who restrains his lips is wise.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more,
But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

When pride comes, then comes dishonor,
But with the humble is wisdom.

When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
And the hope of strong men perishes.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.

The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

A joyful heart makes a cheerful face,
But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.

When a man’s ways are pleasing to the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no sense?

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.

When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes,
And with dishonor comes scorn.

“Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise;
But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
How much more when he brings it with evil intent!

Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you,

When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

And my inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak what is right.

Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly;

“They struck me, but I did not become ill;
They beat me, but I did not know it.
When shall I awake?
I will seek another drink.”

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

When I saw, I reflected upon it;
I looked, and received instruction.

Do not go out hastily to argue your case;
Otherwise, what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory,
But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves;
But when they perish, the righteous increase.

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,
But when a wicked man rules, people groan.

When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man,
The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.

When the wicked increase, transgression increases;
But the righteous will see their fall.

Under a slave when he becomes king,
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.

There are three things which are stately in their march,
Even four which are stately when they walk:

The strutting rooster, the male goat also,
And a king when his army is with him.

Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.