Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.

He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

She is loud and defiant. Her feet do not stay in her house.

Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey.

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool to the correction of the stocks.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.

Do not let your heart turn to her ways. Do not go astray in her paths,

On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.

You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;

"The LORD created 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 springs abounding with water.

Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth;

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."

She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

"Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed.

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

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

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

To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

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

The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

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

One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

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

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

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

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

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