that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his sanctified.

that thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

For the gain of it is better than the gain of silver, and the profit of it than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things thou can desire are to be compared to her.

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

that thou may preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.

so that she does not find the level path of life. Her ways are unstable, [and] she does not know.

Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly. Suddenly he shall be broken, and that without remedy.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.

Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

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

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.

that I may cause those who love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.

when he gave to the sea its bound that the waters should not transgress his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor, but there is [that is] consumed because of injustice.

Better is little with the fear of LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

To the wise man the way of life [is] upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

The ear that hearkens to the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.

Better is a little, with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.

A rebuke enters deeper into him who has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.

Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.

He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city, and [such] contentions are like the bars of a castle.

He who makes many friends [does it] to his own destruction, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.

There are many devices in a man's heart, but the counsel of LORD, that shall stand.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes, the innermost parts.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to LORD than sacrifice.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.

That thy trust may be in LORD, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.

to make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou may carry back words of truth to those who send thee?

For it is better that it be said to thee, Come up here, than that thou should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

He whose spirit is without restraint is a city that is broken down and without walls.

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless does not alight.

[As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.

Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

To have respect of persons is not good, nor that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

He who, being often reproved, hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

See thou a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

The leach has two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [yea], four that do not say, Enough:

Sheol, and the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that does not say, Enough.

The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

for a hateful woman when she is married, and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

Give not thy strength to women, nor thy ways to that which destroys kings.

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out by night.