Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

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

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

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

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

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

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

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

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

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.

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

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?

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

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:

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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