Wisdom shouts in the street,
She lifts her voice in the square;

At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:

If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;

To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;

That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;

For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the dead;

None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.

For her profit is better than the profit of silver
And her gain better than fine gold.

She is more precious than jewels;
And nothing you desire compares with her.

Long life is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.

Her ways are pleasant ways
And all her paths are peace.

She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.

“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you;
Love her, and she will watch over you.

“Prize her, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.

Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey
And smoother than oil is her speech;

But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;

Her feet go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.

She does not ponder the path of life;
Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.

Keep your way far from her
And do not go near the door of her house,

As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.

Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,

Which no leader to her, scribe and ruler;

Prepares her food in the summer
And gathers her provision in the harvest.

Here are six things that the LORD hates seven, in fact, are detestable to him:

When you walk here and there, they will guide you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you wake up, they will talk to you.

To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.

Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

That they may keep you from an adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Passing through the street near her corner;
And he takes the way to her house,

And behold, there met him a woman with open tokens of a harlot. Only her heart was hid.

She is boisterous and rebellious,
Her feet do not remain at home;

At times she was in the streets, at times in the market places,
Lurking and setting her ambush at every corner.

And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her flattering lips she seduces him.

Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,

so long till she hath wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon.

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.

For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.

Her house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.

Does not wisdom call,
And understanding lift up her voice?

On top of the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud:

“For wisdom is better than jewels;
And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

Wisdom has built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;

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

She has sent out her maidens, she calls
From the tops of the heights of the city:

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!”
To him who lacks understanding she says,

She sits at the doorway of her house,
On a seat by the high places of the city,

calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,”
And to him who lacks understanding she says,

But he does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

A gracious and good woman attains honor,
And ruthless men attain riches [but not respect].

If the righteous receive what they are due here on earth, how much more will the wicked and the sinner.

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

The hell with her pain is known to the LORD; how much more then the hearts of men?

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.

A troublous soul disquieteth herself; for her own mouth hath brought her thereto.

Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.

Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his folly.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

Death and life [are] in the {power} of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.

The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

O give ear unto good counsel, and be content to be reformed; that thou mayest be wise here after.

Listen to the one who fathered you, and don't despise your mother in her old age.

Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?

Here are some more proverbs from wise people: It isn't good to show partiality in judgment.

Here are some more proverbs by Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

He who would restrain her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

Because of sin the land doth oft change her prince; but through men of understanding and wisdom a realm endureth long.

Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.

The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings palaces.

The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;

Who can find a woman of worth? for her price is far above rubies.

The heart of her husband confideth in her, and he shall have no lack of spoil.

She doeth him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

She is like the merchants' ships: she bringeth her food from afar;

And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.

She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.

She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.

She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

She stretcheth out her hand to the afflicted, and she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

She maketh herself coverlets; her clothing is byssus and purple.

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price.

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laugheth at the coming day.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.