The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

A false witness will be cut off, ...

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.

Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.

Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money

The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

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

And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way

Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

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

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

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

And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.

For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.

He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

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

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

For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

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

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

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.

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

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

He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

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

A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

Where there is no vision, the people are uncontrolled; but he who keeps the law will be happy.

A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

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

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.