If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.

I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes [upon] you.

When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,

For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

Honor Yahweh from your substance, and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,

Do not be afraid of sudden panic, or the storm of wickedness that will come.

With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it [comes] the source of life.

do this, then, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into {the palm of your neighbor's hand}: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.

like a {robber} shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.

Upon {such a man}, suddenly shall his calamity come; in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.

Then behold! A woman [comes] to meet him [with the] garment of a prostitute and {a secret heart}.

So I have come out to meet you, to seek your face, and I have found you.

Come, let us take [our] fill of love making, until the morning let us delight in love.

The bag of money he took in his hand, for [on] the day of the full moon he will come home."

"Come, eat with my bread; drink with the wine I have mixed.

A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

The winking of an eye causes trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.

The dread of the wicked will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

Pride comes, then disgrace comes, but wisdom [is] with the humble.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who inquires of evil, it will come to him.

{When there are no} oxen the manger is empty, but an abundance of crops [comes] by the strength of an ox.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge {comes easily to him who understands}.

Leave {the presence of a foolish man}, [for] you will not [come to] know {words of knowledge}.

Fear of Yahweh [is] the instruction of the wise, and before honor [comes] humility.

To mortals [belong] the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh [comes] the answer of the tongue.

Before destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.

With the coming of wickedness comes contempt also, and with dishonor, disgrace.

The first in his dispute is [deemed] righteous, [but] his neighbor will come and examine him.

A man of [many] friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent.

He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.

To those who linger over wine, to those who come to try mixed wine.

For suddenly their disaster will come, and the ruin of {both of them}, who knows?

But they who rebuke will have delight, and upon them blessings of goodness will come.

and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.

He who digs a pit, in it he will fall, and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.

He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Who has ascended [to] heaven and come down? Who has gathered [the] wind in the hollow of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What [is] his name and what is the name of his child? For [surely] you know.