Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and rejected my reproof:

So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

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

He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

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

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

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

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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

Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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

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

Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste:

For better it is that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.

The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.