To guard the paths of judgment, and he will watch the way of his godly ones.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice [in every circumstance]
And integrity and every good path.

for wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul.

Discretion will watch over you; understanding will protect you,

Those rejoicing to do evil will exult in the deceit of evil;

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a stranger with her flattering talk,

[Of] all who go to her, none shall return, nor do they reach paths of life.

So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

For those who are upright will dwell [in the] land, and those who are blameless will remain in it.

And those who are wicked will be cut off from the land, and those who are treacherous will be uprooted from it.

For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.

Do not let mercy and kindness and truth leave you [instead let these qualities define you];
Bind them [securely] around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Then you will find favor and high regard
in the sight of God and man.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.

because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

Well is him that findeth wisdom, and obtaineth understanding,

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

By his knowledge the depths were rent, and the clouds will drop dew.

And they will be life to your soul (your inner self)
And a gracious adornment to your neck (your outer self).

Then you will walk on your way [of life] securely
And your foot will not stumble.

If you sit down, you will not panic, and [if] you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.

Do not be afraid of sudden fear
Nor of the storm of the wicked when it comes [since you will be blameless];

For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.

Thou shalt not envy against a man of violence, and thou shalt choose in all his ways.

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the unjust one: and he will bless the dwelling of the just

But he will deride to those deriding: and he will give grace to the humble.

The wise will inherit honor and glory,
But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.

Yea I shall give you a good reward, if ye will not forsake my law.

he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

Listen, my son. Accept my words,
and you will live many years.

I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded [for your path will be clear and open];
And when you run, you will not stumble.

For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.

For they ate the bread of injustice, and they will drink the wine of violences:

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

[in order] to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Her feet, are going down to death, - on hades, will her steps take firm hold.

Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others
and your years to someone cruel;

strangers will drain your resources,
and your earnings will end up in a foreigner’s house.

At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,

and you will say, “How I hated discipline,
and how my heart despised correction.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Let thy well-spring be blessed, - and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: -

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

And why will you, my son, be infatuated with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a seductress?

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

He will die for lack of instruction (discipline),
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.

Don't allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes.

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

How long will you lie down, O lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?

So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]
And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].

deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

Upon {such a man}, suddenly shall his calamity come; in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.

{When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching [of the law] is light,
And reproofs (rebukes) for discipline are the way of life,

They will protect you from an evil woman,
from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

Do not focus on her beauty in your mind, nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes,

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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

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

They will not despise a thief if he shall steal to fill up his soul; for he will be hungry.

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach (blame) will not be blotted out.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.

Passing in the street near her corner; and he will step the way of her house,

She being noisy and perverse; her feet will not dwell in her house:

One time without, one time in the broad ways; and she will lie in wait near every corner.

She laid hold upon him and kissed to him; she strengthened her face, and she will say to him,

Come, we will be satisfied with loves till the morning: we will rejoice ourselves with loves.

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

With much of her talking she caused him to turn aside; with the smoothness of her lips she will thrust him away.

All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap

Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.

For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

Doth she not cry before the whole city, and in the gates where men go out and in?

"I'm calling to you, men! What I have to say pertains to all mankind!

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.