If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;

So find thou favour and good repute, in the eyes of God and man.

So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.

So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;

Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

So he taught me, and said to me - Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!

For, life, they are, to them who find them, - and, to every part of one's flesh, they bring healing.

So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;

And thou shalt say - How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;

So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour's wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!

Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:

And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;

So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:

When he fixed for the sea its bound, that, the waters, should not go beyond his bidding, when he decreed the foundations of the earth: -

The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;

So she sitteth at the entrance of her house, upon a seat, in the heights of the city;

Like the passing away of a tempest, so the lawless one is not, but, the righteous, hath an age-abiding foundation.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so, is the sluggard, to them who send him.

Of the fruit of a man's mouth, shall he be satisfied with good, and, the dealing of the hands of a son of earth, shall be paid back to him.

A wise son, cometh of a father's correction, but, a scoffer, heareth not a rebuke.

The ransom of a man's life, is his wealth, but, the poor, heareth not rebuke.

A good man, leaveth an inheritance to children's children, but, laid up for the righteous, is the wealth of the sinner.

A man's heart, deviseth his way, but, Yahweh, directeth his steps.

In the light of a king's countenance, is life, and, his good-pleasure, is like the cloud of harvest-rain.

The crown of old men, consists of children's children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.

Deep waters, are the words of a man's mouth, - a bubbling brook, the well-spring of wisdom.

Before grievous injury, a man's heart is haughty, and, before honour, is humility.

Of the fruit of a man's mouth, shall his inmost mind be satisfied, with the product of his lips, shall he be satisfied.

House and substance, are an inheritance from one's fathers, but, from Yahweh, cometh a wife who is prudent.

Correct thy son, because there is hope, yet, not so as to slay him, let thy passion be excited.

Many are the devices in a man's heart, but, the counsel of Yahweh, that, shall stand.

Deep water, is counsel in a man's heart, but, a man of understanding, will draw it out.

Who can say, I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?

Do not say, I will requite wrong! Wait thou for Yahweh that he may save thee.

From Yahweh, are a man's steps, a son of earth, then - how can he discern his way?

Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father's made.

For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.

As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.

So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.

Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:

So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, - or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:

Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?

Lest Yahweh see it, and it be wicked in his eyes, and he turn away from him his anger.

Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:

Do not say - According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.

So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked - I accepted correction:

As splendour of dress on a cold day - vinegar upon nitre, so is a singer with songs, unto a sad heart.

As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is a good report from a far country.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour.

As a sparrow in wandering, as a swallow in flying, so, a causeless curse, shall not alight.

Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard.

As an archer who woundeth every thing, so one who hireth a dullard, and a drunkard crossing the sea.

So, is a man who deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Was not, I, in sport?

Black coal to burning blocks, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man, for kindling strife.

Dross silver overlaid upon earthenware, so are burning lips, with a mischievous heart:

As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.

Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one's friend, more than fragrant wood.

Thine own friend and thy father's friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.

Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.

As in water, face answereth to face, so, the heart of man to man.

A man oppressed with a person's blood, unto a pit, shall flee, let them not hold him back.

When the righteous become great, the people rejoice, but, when a lawless man beareth rule, a people sigh.

Lest I be full, and deny, and say - Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent on the rock, - the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, - she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!