Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;

He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!

And he established them for ever and ever; he made for them a statute which shall not pass.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;

Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;

Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement;

She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.

My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble;

when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

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

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.

Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men:

avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.

For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither.

And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:

A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;

he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts.

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:

For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:

for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.

while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous man to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely.

The righteous man shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Hand for hand! an evil man shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.

A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish.

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.

Every proud heart is an abomination to Jehovah: hand for hand, he shall not be held innocent.

An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into a way that is not good.

Whoso mocketh a poor man reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.

Excellent speech becometh not a vile man; how much less do lying lips a noble!

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

To punish a righteous man is not good, nor to strike nobles because of their uprightness.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.

Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words, they are not to be found.

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him.

A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.

Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.