My child, do not walk in their way. Keep your foot from their paths,

for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood,

Then you will walk in the confidence of your ways, and your foot will not stumble.

Yahweh will be {your confidence} and guard your foot from capture.

May the path of your foot be balanced and all your ways be sure.

Do not swerve right or left; remove your foot from evil.

Her feet go down [to] death; her steps take hold [of] Sheol.

In the summer, it prepares its food; in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.

Winking in his eye, shuffling in his foot, pointing in his fingers,

a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,

If a man walks upon the hot coals, will his feet not be burned?

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

Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools {die for lack of sense}.

It is better to be lowly and a servant {to someone} than self-glorifying and lacking food.

He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.

[There is] much food [in] the field of the poor, but {it is swept away} by {injustice}.

The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.

Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.

Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception.

Make your foot scarce in the house of your neighbor, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

A bad tooth and a lame foot [is] the trust of a faithless person {in a time} of trouble.

If your enemy [is] hungry, feed him bread, and if thirsty, let him drink water.

[Like] cutting off feet [or] drinking violence, so [is] he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.

And [there will be] enough goats' milk for your food, for [the] food of your household and [the] {nourishment} of your maidservants.

A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.

A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.

Keep falsehood and a {lying word} far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me [with] food [only for] my need.

under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied [with] food;

The ants [are] a people [who are] not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

She is like the ships of a merchant; from far off she brings her food;

And she arises while [it is] still night, and gives food to her household, and tasks to her servant girls.