That I might show thee the truth and that thou with the verity mightest answer them that lay anything against thee?

Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you.

You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.

Don't speak when a fool is listening, because he'll despise your wise words.

She also will lie in wait as for prey, and she will add those transgressing among men.

Your eyes will see strange things, and with slurred words you'll speak what you really believe.

You’ll be like someone sleeping out at sea
or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast.

“They struck me, but I feel no pain!
They beat me, but I didn’t know it!
When will I wake up?
I’ll look for another drink.”

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When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak.

Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,
and you’ll never live it down.

If you find honey, eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

For you'll be piling burning coals of shame on his head and the LORD will reward you.

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness
or you’ll be like him yourself.

Answer a fool according to his foolishness
or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

If you pamper a servant from his childhood, later on he'll become ungrateful.

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

The fear of a person will lay a snare, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be secure.

Don't lie about a servant to his master, or that servant will curse you and you will pay for it.

To the leech are two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;'

The ants are not a strong people,
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Her hands, she putteth forth to the distaff, and, her palms, lay hold of the spindle:

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Is there anything, whereof it may be said, "Lo, this is new?" For it was long ago in the times that have been before us.

I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

I said in my heart, 'Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it is vanity.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors is power, and they have no comforter.

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

Lo, that which I have seen: It is good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it is his portion.

The thing that hath been is named already, and known - that it is man himself: neither may he go to law with him that is mightier than he.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

It is good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

If the clouds are full [of rain], they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it lies.

So remember your Creator during your youth! Otherwise, troublesome days will come and years will creep up on you when you'll say, "I find no pleasure in them,"

And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who is veiled
Beside the flocks of your companions?”

A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

Lo, thou art fair, my friend, Lo, thou art fair, thine eyes are doves!

Lo, thou art fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch is green,

The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

My beloved is like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him.

Lo, his couch, that is Solomon's, Sixty mighty ones are around it, Of the mighty of Israel,

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I'll go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

Turn away thine eyes from me, For they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of Gilead.

I said, 'Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons,

Let us go early to the vineyards, let us see whether the vine has budded, whether the blossom has opened, whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I'll give you my love.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

I hate your new holidays and fastings, even from my very heart. I cannot away with such vanity and holding in of the people. They lay upon me as a burden, and I am weary of bearing them!

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."

"Please come, and let's reason together," implores the LORD. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they'll be white like snow. Though they're like crimson, they'll become like wool.

If you're willing and obedient, you'll eat the best that the land produces;

but if you refuse and rebel, you'll be devoured by the sword, because the LORD has spoken."

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies, the one who is Israel's Mighty One, declares: "Now I'll get relief from his enemies and avenge myself on his foes.

“And I will turn My hand against you,
And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye
And remove all your tin (impurity).

Let me restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you'll be called "The Righteous City' and "The Faithful City of Zion'.

They'll be ashamed of the oak trees that you desired; and you'll blush because of the gardens that you have chosen.

You'll be like an oak whose leaf is withering, like an unwatered garden.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water.

And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.

When a man shall lay hold, on his brother of the house of his father, saying - Clothing, hast thou, Become thou our, ruler, This downfall, be under thy hand,

"But at that time, he'll protest! He'll say, "I won't be your healer. I have neither food nor clothing in my house! You're not going to make me a leader of the people!'

therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

"At that time, seven women will cling tightly to one man and will make him this offer: "We'll provide our own bread. We'll provide our own clothes. Just let us marry you so we won't be stigmatized anymore.'"

"Now, let me tell you, won't you please, what I'm going to do to my vineyard. "I'm going to take away its protective hedge, and it will be devoured; I'll break down its wall, and it will be trampled.

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts Is the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!