lest you give your honor to the others, and your years to the merciless,

lest strangers take [their] fill of your strength, and your labors [go] to the house of a foreigner,

Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise and he will love you.

{Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler.

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes [and] have plenty bread.

lest you learn his way and become entangled in a snare to yourself.

lest Yahweh see and [it] be evil in his eyes, and turn his anger away from him.

lest he who hears shame you and your ill repute will not end.

[If] you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.

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

Do not answer a fool according to his folly lest you become like him--even you.

Do not add to his words lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.