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

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

When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

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

He also taught me, and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments and live.

She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay in her house;

And she caught him and kissed him, and with a hard face she said to him,

When He prepared the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep;

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

even I was a workman at His side; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him;

she has killed her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

For she sits at the door of her house, in 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 innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

The desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but it is hateful to fools to turn from evil.

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

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your soul on making him die.

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

Do not remove the old landmark which your fathers have set.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you;

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

My son, eat honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;

Then I saw; I set my heart on it; I looked and I received instruction.

for it is better that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of a noble whom your eyes have seen.

The full soul despises a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Know well the face of your flocks; set your heart on your herds.

The grave; and the barren womb, the earth not filled with water, and the fire, have not said, Enough.