lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;

I am come almost into all misfortune, in the midst of the multitude and congregation."

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;

Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her [evil, immoral] paths.

Ways to hades, are in her house, descending into the chambers of death.

Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud:

The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.

A man will be commended according to his insight and sound judgment,
But the one who is of a perverse mind will be despised.

The wicked falleth into the snare through the malice of his own mouth; but the just shall escape out of peril.

Righteousness (being in right standing with God) guards the one whose way is blameless,
But wickedness undermines and overthrows the sinner.

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for [the hands of] the righteous.

Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,
But the foolishness of [shortsighted] fools is deceit.

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly and without self-control,
And a man of wicked schemes is hated.

Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

He that forsaketh the right street, shall be sore punished; and whoso hateth correction, falleth into death.

Those who are greedy for unjust gain bring trouble into their homes, but the person who hates bribes will live.

All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Furthermore, it isn't good to be ignorant, and whoever rushes into things misses the mark.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.

Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

The Righteous One observeth the house of the lawless, - He is ready to cast down lawless men into misfortune.

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit [deep and inescapable];
He who is cursed by the Lord [because of his adulterous sin] will fall into it.

Or you will learn his [undisciplined] ways
And get yourself trapped [in a situation from which it is hard to escape].

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Tell nothing into the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Don't stare into red wine, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and prease not into the place of great men.

It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is itself a weight.

He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

a lizard you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.

She girdeth, with strength her loins, and putteth vigour into her arms:

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

I spoke with my heart, saying, “Behold, I have acquired great [human] wisdom and experience, more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of [moral] wisdom and [scientific] knowledge.”

I made me pools of water, - to irrigate therefrom the thick-set saplings growing up into trees:

Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal's spirit descends into the earth?

and, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being, - who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.

As for the people that have been before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their joy the greater through him. This is also a vain thing and a vexation of mind. (v17) When thou comest into the house of God, keep thy foot and draw nigh, that thou mayest hear: that is better than the offerings of fools, for they know not what evil they do

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

Do not let your mouth lead your flesh into sin, and do not tell the messenger that it [was] a mistake. Why anger God at your words, so that he destroys the work of your hands?

As he came into the world, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

for the miscarriage comes in futility (in vain) and passes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.

It is better to go into a house of mourning, than into a banquet house: For there is the end of all men, and he that is living taketh it to heart.

Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool,
and a bribe destroys the mind.

I turned around and directed my heart to know, to investigate and to seek [skillful and godly] wisdom and the reason for things, and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness [leading to stupidity and recklessness].

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Someone who quarries stone might be injured; someone splitting logs can fall into danger.

The toil of dullards, shall weary a man, that he knoweth not how to go into the city.

When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

Apportion what you have into seven, or even eight parts, because you don't know what disaster might befall the land.

In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

before the silver cord is snapped,
and the gold bowl is broken,
and the jar is shattered at the spring,
and the wheel is broken into the well;

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

He hath brought me into the house of wine, and, his banner over me, is love.

“I said ‘So I must arise now and go out into the city;
Into the streets and into the squares [places I do not know]
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but I did not find him.

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

My beloved thrust his hand into the opening, and my inmost yearned for him.

I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

“Before I was aware [of what was happening], my desire had brought me
Into the area of the princes of my people [the king’s retinue].”