Thou shalt not lay wait, O wicked one, against the dwelling of the just one; thou shalt not destroy his resting place:

For suddenly shall their calamity rise, and who shall make known the misfortune of them two?

And it shall be pleasant to those reproving, and a blessing of good shall come upon them.

Thou shalt not be a witness gratuitously against thy neighbor, and deceive not with thy lips.

Thou shalt not say, According to what he did to me, thus will I do to him: I will turn back to the man according to his work.

I passed upon the field of the slothful man, and upon the vineyard of the man wanting heart;

And I shall see and set my heart: I looked, I took instruction.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down:

And thy poverty came going about, and thy want as a man of shield.

Take ye away the dross from the silver, and a vessel shall come forth for the goldsmith.

Take ye away the unjust one from before the king, and his throne shall be prepared in justice.

For good to say to thee, Come up hither, rather than humbling thyself before the noble whom thine eye saw.

Lest he hearing shall reproach thee, and thine infamy shall not turn away.

An earring of gold and a necklace of gold, the wise one reproving upon the hearing ear.

As the cold of snow in the day of harvest a faithful messenger to those sending him: he shall restore the soul of his lord.

Clouds and wind and not rain, a man boasting in a gift of falsehood.

A mallet and a sword and an arrow sharpened, the man answering against his neighbor testimony of falsehood.

A bad tooth and a wavering foot, the confidence of the faithless one in the day of straits

He removing a covering in the day of cold, and vinegar upon nitre, and he singing in songs to an evil heart.

The north wind will set free the rain, and an angry face, a hidden tongue.

Good to dwell upon a corner of the roof rather than with a woman of strifes and a house of community.

Cold waters to the fainting soul, and a good message from a land far off.

A fountain trampled down, and a fountain corrupted, the just one turned aside before the unjust one.

A city being broken down, and not a wall, a man who restrains not to his spirit.

A whip for the horse, the curb for the ass, and the rod for the back of the foolish.

The legs of the lame were weak, and a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

As a bundle of stones in a heap of stones, so he giving honor to the foolish one.

A thorn going up into the hand of a drunkard, a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

As a dog turned back upon his vomit, the foolish one repeated in his folly.

Sawest thou a man wise in his eyes? hope is for the foolish one more than for him.

The slothful one said, A lion in the way; a lion between the broad places.

A door will turn upon its hinge, and the slothful upon his bed.

The slothful one is wise in his eyes more than seven turning back a reason.

Laying hold upon the ears of a dog, he passing by overflowing upon strife not to him.

As a madman casting fiery darts, arrows and death,

So the man deceiving his neighbor and saying, Am I not sporting?

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

As charcoal to burning coals and woods to fire, and a man of strifes to kindle strife.

The words of a tale-bearer as dainty morsels, and they will go down to the chambers of the belly.

Silver dross covering over a pot-sherd, burning lips and an evil heart.

He digging a pit shall fall into it: and he rolling a stone it shall turn back upon him.

A tongue of falsehood will hate its crushing, and a smooth mouth will make an overthrow.

Thou shalt not boast upon the day of the morrow, for thou shalt not know what a day shall bring forth.

A stranger shall praise thee, and not thy mouth; a stranger, and not thy lips.

A stone is heavy and sand a burden, and the wrath of the foolish one heavy more than they two.

Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing; and who shall stand before jealousy?

Faithful the wounds of a friend; and abundant the kisses of an enemy.

As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.

Thy friend and thy father's friend thou shalt not forsake; and thou shalt not go to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: good he dwelling near, more than a brother far off.

My son, be wise and gladden my heart, and I will turn back word to him reproaching me.

Take his garment pledging a stranger, and bind him by a pledge for a strange woman.

He blessing his friend with a great voice, rising early in the morning, a curse shall be reckoned to him.

A dropping thrust forth in the day of rain and a woman of strifes were alike.

Iron will sharpen upon iron; and a man will sharpen the face of his friend.

The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man to the mouth praising him.

If thou shalt pound the foolish in a mortar in the midst of the grain with a pestle, thou shalt not remove from him his folly.

In the transgression of a land many its chiefs: and by a man understanding to know, the place shall be extended.

A poor man oppressing the poor, a sweeping rain and no bread.

He watching the law a son understanding: and the companion of squanderers will shame his father.

He turning away his ear from hearing the law, also his prayer is an abomination.

He causing the upright to wander in an evil way, into his pit shall he fall: and the good shall inherit complete things.

A roaring lion and a greedy bear the unjust one ruling over a poor people.

A prince wanting understanding and great in oppressions: he hating gain shall lengthen the days.

He terrifying violence upon the blood of a soul shall flee even to the pit; none shall hold fast upon him.

A man of faithfulness multiplied blessings: and he hesting to be rich shall not be innocent

To look upon faces is not good and for a morsel of bread the man will transgress.

A man of evil eye hasted for riches, and knew not that want shall come upon him.

He reproving a man, afterwards shall find favor more than he smoothing the tongue.

He stripping his father and his mother, and saying, No transgression; is companion to a man destroying.

A Man of reproofs hardening the neck, shall be suddenly broken, and no healing.

A man loving wisdom will gladden his father: and he feeding harlots shall destroy riches.

A king in judgment shall establish the land: and a man of presents shall overthrow it

A man making smooth against his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

In the transgression of an evil man is a snare: and the just one shall rejoice and be glad:

Men of derision will kindle up a city: and the wise will turn away anger.

A wise man contending with a foolish man and raging and laughing, and no rest.

A ruler listening to the word of falsehood, all serving him are unjust

The king judging the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony.

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

Thou sawest a man hasty in his words: hope to the foolish one more than to him.

He bringing up his servant delicately from youth, and his latter state will be a child.

A man of anger will excite strife, and the possessor of wrath increased transgression.

A man's pride shall bring him low: and honor shall uphold him humble of spirit

He dividing with a thief, hates his soul: he shall hear cursing and shall not announce.

The fear of man will give a snare: and he trusting in Jehovah shall be exalted.

Many are seeking the face of the ruler, and from Jehovah a man's judgment

A man of iniquity is an abomination of the just; and the upright of way, an abomination of the unjust one.

For I am brutish more than man, and not the understanding of a man to me.

I learnt not wisdom, and I shall not know the knowledge of the holy.

Who went up to the heavens, and came down? who gathered the wind in his fists? who bound the waters in a garment? who set up all the ends of the earth? what his name and what his son's name, if thou shalt know?

All the word of God is purified: he a shield to those trusting in him.

Two things I asked from thee, thou wilt not withhold from me before I shall die:

Lest I shall be filled and I spake lies, and said, Who is Jehovah? and lest I shall be dispossessed and I stole, and I laid hold upon the name of God.

A generation will curse its father, and will not bless its mother.

A generation pure in its eyes, and not washed from its finding.

A generation, how its eyes were raised up and its eyelashes will be lifted up.

A generation, its teeth swords, and its biter's teeth, knives, to devour the poor from the land, and the needy from man.

The eye shall mock to his father, and despise to obey the mother, the ravens of the valley shall bore it out and the sons of the eagle shall eat it

They three were wonderful above me; and four, I knew them not:

The way of the eagle in the heavens; the way of the serpent upon the rock; the way of the ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.