My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.

let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.

My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.

Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Don't be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.

Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.

Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,

My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house.

Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,

for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.

Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.

Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.

A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up.

Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

"They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."

Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious:

Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another;

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.

Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

"Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding.

Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

"Two things I have asked of you; don't deny me before I die:

"Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'

"There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don't understand:

"So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Don't give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.