Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

He who loves purity of heart
And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

A deep pit is the mouth of an {adulteress}, [he with whom] Yahweh is angry will fall there.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

[In order] to show you what is right--sayings of truth-- [in order] to return a true saying to him who sent you.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?

Do not remove an ancient boundary marker which your ancestors made.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big appetite;

and if thou wilt rule thy own self, be not over greedy of his meat, for meat beguileth and deceiveth.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Do not remove an ancient boundary marker, and on the fields of orphans do not encroach;

Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,
and grogginess will clothe them in rags.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

Let your father and mother rejoice; make the one who gave birth to you happy.

My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

For a deep pit is a prostitute, and a narrow well is {an adulteress}.

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Your [drunken] eyes will see strange things
And your mind will utter perverse things [untrue things, twisted things].

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

And, in knowledge, chambers are filled, with all acquisitions, costly and fair.

Mighty is the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

The one who plots evil
will be called a schemer.

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

My son, thou eatest honey and the sweet honeycomb, because it is good and sweet in thy mouth.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.

For there shall be no latter state to the evil one: the light of the unjust shall be extinguished.

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Whoever says to the wicked, "You're in the right," will be cursed by people and hated by nations.

And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

He will kiss [the] lips, he who gives an honest answer.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak.

Do not say - According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,
and you’ll never live it down.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, Is a man boasting himself in a false gift.

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee.

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.