for they will be a garland to grace your head, and a necklace around your neck.

let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil.

You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."

"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

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

but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;

Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm."

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

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

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

for the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.

The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

For they are life to him who finds them, and health to all of his body.

Guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

A loving doe and a graceful deer?let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

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

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

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

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.

for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.

By me princes rule; nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

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

Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from the LORD.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."

Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

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

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.