If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forevermore."

It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes;

like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there the LORD gives the blessing, even life forevermore.

Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.

For I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is above all gods.

Whatever the LORD pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of your own hands.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than me.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.

Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, so that I do not become like those who go down into the pit.

LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his holy ones.

that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.

Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.

That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.

when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold. Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

That your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend. Do not go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that do not say, 'Enough:'

Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'

"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.

That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men?musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can the man who comes after the king do? Just that which he has already done.