If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

my son, don’t travel that road with them
or set foot on their path,

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

But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;
They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,

That thou mayest be delivered also from the strange woman, and from her that is not thine own: which giveth sweet words,

For the upright [those who are in right standing with God] will live in the land
And those [of integrity] who are blameless [in God’s sight] will remain in it;

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

So shall thy barns be filled with plenteousness, and thy presses shall flow over with sweet wine.

By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, and by understanding he set the heavens in place.

My son, let them not escape from your sight,
But keep sound wisdom and discretion,

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

For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.

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

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

Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dust embrace her:

Don’t set foot on the path of the wicked;
don’t proceed in the way of evil ones.

Do not let them escape from your sight;
Keep them in the center of your heart.

For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;

So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;
Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

For every man's ways are open in the sight of the LORD, and he pondereth all their goings.

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?

That she may keep thee from the strange woman, and from the harlot which giveth sweet words.

She was boisterous and rebellious;
She would not stay at home.

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

I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.

Thus with many sweet words she overcame him, and with her flattering lips she enticed him

Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

Jehovah set me up the beginning of his way, before his works from ancient time.

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

before the mountains were set in place -- before the hills -- I was born,

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

when He set the clouds above; when He made the strong fountains of the deep;

When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth—

then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,

Wisdom has built her [spacious and sufficient] house;
She has hewn out and set up her seven pillars.

She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine;
She has also set her table.

Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

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

Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,

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

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

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

Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom [is] with those who take advice.

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

Stay away from a foolish man;
you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.

The frustrating purposes with no counsel, but in the multitude of counselors it shall be set up.

Jehovah will destroy the house of the proud, but He will set up the border of the widow.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,
But the Lord weighs the motives.

Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

A bribe is a charm in the sight of its owner;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.

A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

As for the hearing of the ear and the sight of the eye, the LORD hath made them both.

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

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company.

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips.

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

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is [set] before you;

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

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

Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

Through wisdom a house shall be builded, and with understanding it shall be set up.

Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant] fool;
He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].

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

Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Wicked man, don’t set an ambush,
at the camp of the righteous man;
don’t destroy his dwelling.

lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.

And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,

Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

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

Like golden apples set in silver is a word spoken at the right time.

Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,
Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

The north wind will set free the rain, and an angry face, a hidden tongue.

Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is in the way, A lion is in the broad places.'

The sluggard thinketh himself wiser than seven men that sit and teach.

So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, 'Am not I playing?'

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

He hating will be known by his lips, and he will set deceit in his midst;

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

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