A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive and whole, {like those who descend to the pit}.

Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;

Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:

For their feet will run to evil, and they will hasten to pour out blood:

And they will lie in wait for their blood; they will hide for their souls.

Thus are the ways of all who are greedy [for] gain-- it will take the life of its possessors.

Wisdom will cry without; in the broad places she will give her voice:

She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:

How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

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

Because I called and ye will refuse; I stretched forth my hands, and none attending;

And ye will reject all my counsels, and ye desired not my reproofs:

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes;

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.

My son, if you will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with you;

that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding.

For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understanding

If thou wilt seek her as silver, and dig for her as hidden treasure;

Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

To guard the paths of judgment, and he will watch the way of his godly ones.

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

Those rejoicing to do evil will exult in the deceit of evil;

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a stranger with her flattering talk,

None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

Honor Yahweh from your substance, and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,

So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.

because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

By his knowledge the depths were rent, and the clouds will drop dew.

So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.

Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being taken.

Say not unto your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it with you.

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the unjust one: and he will bless the dwelling of the just

But he will deride to those deriding: and he will give grace to the humble.

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

Yea I shall give you a good reward, if ye will not forsake my law.

he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.

When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.

For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.

For they ate the bread of injustice, and they will drink the wine of violences:

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Carefully consider the path for your feet,
and all your ways will be established.

[in order] to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.

For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.

Her feet, are going down to death, - on hades, will her steps take firm hold.

Lest thou shalt make level the path of life, her tracks wavered; thou wilt not know.

Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others
and your years to someone cruel;

strangers will drain your resources,
and your earnings will end up in a foreigner’s house.

And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;

And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

The hind of loves and the wild goat of grace; her breasts shall satiate thee in all time; thou shalt always wander in her loves.

And why will you, my son, be infatuated with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a seductress?

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?

Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

perversion in his heart, he devises evil; at all times he will send out discord.

For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

If a man walks upon the hot coals, will his feet not be burned?

So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

They will not despise a thief if he shall steal to fill up his soul; for he will be hungry.

But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

He committing adultery with a woman lacked a heart: destroying his soul he will do it.

Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

For jealousy causes the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he be appeased, though you give many gifts.

Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.

Passing in the street near her corner; and he will step the way of her house,

And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

She being noisy and perverse; her feet will not dwell in her house:

One time without, one time in the broad ways; and she will lie in wait near every corner.