Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

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

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

She lurketh like a thief, and those that be not aware, she bringeth unto her.

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

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.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

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

If thou be overseen and negligent in time of need, then is thy strength but small.

Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

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 man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

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

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.

The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.

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

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.

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

Like clouds and wind without rain
Is a man who boasts falsely of gifts [he does not give].

If you find honey, eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

The hope of the ungodly in time of need, is like a rotten tooth and a slippery foot.

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

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

A man who does not control his temper
is like a city whose wall is broken down.

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

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Answer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be wise in his own eyes.

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy person on his bed [never getting out of it].

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

In the ceasing of wood, fire will go out: and in not being a tale-bearer, strife will subside.

With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

A person who is burdened with [the] blood of {another}, until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

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

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'

For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear:

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

Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,

A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,

A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

The strutting rooster, the male goat also,
And the king when his army is with him.

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity.

He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

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