She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also furnished her table.

Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him,

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

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

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

To call those who pass by who go right on their ways:

Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him,

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof goes astray.

In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.

As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own lust.

When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes.

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

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

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.

As righteousness leads to life: so he that pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who is without discretion.

There is one that scatters, and yet increases; and there is one that withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.

He that trusts in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is like rottenness in his bones.

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

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise.

There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

Heaviness in the heart of man makes him stoop: but a good word makes him glad.

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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

Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

There is one that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is one that makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

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

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for lack of justice.

He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.

The heart knows its own bitterness; and a stranger does not share its joy.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is grief.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above himself.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.

He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.

In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

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

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loves him that follows after righteousness.

A scoffer loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise.

The heart of him that has understanding seeks knowledge: but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

Without counsel plans go wrong: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

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

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates bribes shall live.

He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though they join hand in hand, none shall be unpunished.

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

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment.

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

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

In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whosoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

White hair is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

A bribe is as a magic stone in the eyes of him that gives it: wherever he turns, he prospers.

An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

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

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart for it?

A man void of understanding gives pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.

Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

A man, having separated himself, seeks his own desire, and rages against all sound wisdom.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may express itself.

When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with dishonor comes reproach.

It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own esteem.

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness; but a wounded spirit who can bear?