The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

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.

My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

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?

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.

When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?

She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red.