She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

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

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.

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

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

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

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

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

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

In the lips of him that hath 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 keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

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

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

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

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth 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 naughtiness.

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

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

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

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

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

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

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

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

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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

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

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

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

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as 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 hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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

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

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

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

Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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

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

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth 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 thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

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

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

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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

In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

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

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath 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 revenues 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 loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.

A man hath 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 troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

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

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

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

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

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 favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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

He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

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

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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

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

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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