Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

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

I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

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

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

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

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

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

For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.

Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

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

For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

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

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

Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

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

Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

The king's favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely; But his wrath will be against him that causeth shame.

A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

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

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.

Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

They have stricken me,'shalt thou say , and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

And there will be goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.

If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.