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

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

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

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

that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

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

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

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.

That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.

when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

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

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

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

That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

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

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

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

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

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

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'

Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'

"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Don't give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.