For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird,

so thou shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

When thou lay down, thou shall not be afraid. Yea, thou shall lay down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

For I was a son to my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him,

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was,

When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.

Hand in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,

For it is better that it be said to thee, Come up here, than that thou should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.

As he who takes off a garment in cold weather, [and] vinegar upon soda, so [is] he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

A man who is laden with the blood of any person shall flee to the pit. Let no man stay him.

Scoffers set a city in a flame, but wise men turn away wrath.