to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;

to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;

yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding;

He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.

By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.

She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.

For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;

but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.

and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:

to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:

For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;

passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

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

I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:

therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.

he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.

He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man:

For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.

that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries.

but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,

He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked man getteth to himself a blot.

Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

to call passers-by who go right on their ways:

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous man to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.

The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it.

It is as sport to a foolish man to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect man, but destruction to the workers of iniquity.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.

Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but the cruel troubleth his own flesh.

As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in their way are his delight.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.

Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

There shall no evil happen to a righteous man; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.

The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.

A righteous man hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire that cometh to pass is a tree of life.

The teaching of the wise man is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; but it is abomination to the foolish to depart from evil.

Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous man.

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.