My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

A thief isn't despised if he steals to meet his needs when he is hungry,

But when he is found, he must repay seven times [what he stole];
He must give all the property of his house [if necessary to meet his fine].

To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

“I’ve made fellowship offerings;
today I’ve fulfilled my vows.

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.

For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.

On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;

For wisdom is good above pearls, and all delights shall not be made equal with her.

I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge and discretion.

Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

“The Lord made me
at the beginning of His creation,
before His works of long ago.

I have been ordained from everlasting, and from the beginning before the earth was made.

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.

She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.

Whoever walks in integrity will walk securely, but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.

The [reverent] fear of the Lord [worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect] prolongs one’s life,
But the years of the wicked will be shortened.

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Man cannot be made secure by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous is immovable.

A prudent man covered knowledge: and the heart of the foolish will meet folly.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Fools mock sin [but sin mocks the fools],
But among the upright there is good will and the favor and blessing of God.

He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

All the days of the afflicted are bad,
But a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of the circumstances].

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; he made all the weights in the bag.

It is repulsive [to God and man] for kings to behave wickedly,
For a throne is established on righteousness (right standing with God).

He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

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

Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

Gracious love and truth preserve a king; through love his throne is made secure.

When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

Privately given gifts pacify wrath, and payments made secretly appease great anger.

The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

The slothful body sayeth, "There is a lion without, I might be slain in the street."

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

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat,

The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:

A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might,

If thou wilt say, "I knew not of it"; Thinkest thou that he which made the hearts, doth not consider it? And that he which regardeth thy soul, seeth it not? Shall not he recompense every man according to his works?

Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

Like as snow is not mete in summer, nor rain in harvest; even so is worship unseemly for a fool.

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

Though his hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation.

Don’t boast about tomorrow,
for you don’t know what a day might bring.

Whoever attempts to restrain her [criticism] might as well try to stop the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle as someone might crush grain, his stupidity still won't leave him.

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!

I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

Otherwise, I might have too much
and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning the name of my God.

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

Four are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the {needy}.

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.

Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple are her clothing.

Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant.

Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

Does anything exist about which someone might say, "Look at this! Is this new?" It happened ages ago; it existed before we did.

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

for thereunto I applied my mind: that I might know what were wisdom and understanding, what were error and foolishness. And I perceived that this also was but a vexation of mind:

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: