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My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

That thou mayest be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things;

That thou mayest be delivered also from the strange woman, and from her that is not thine own: which giveth sweet words,

My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

Thou shalt not contend with man to no purpose, if he did thee no evil

he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth.

The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.

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

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

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

My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:

That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Remove far off from her thy way, and thou shalt not draw near to the door of her house:

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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.

Thou shalt not give sleep to thine eyes, and slumber to thine eyelashes.

Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep:

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

My son, watch my words, and thou shalt hide my commands with thee.

Keep my commandments and my law, even as the apple of thine eye, and thou shalt live.

That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.

Let not thine heart wander in her ways, and be thou not deceived in her paths.

For wisdom is more worth than precious stones; yea, all the things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared unto it.

Thou shalt not reprove him mocking, lest he shall hate thee: reprove to the wise one and he will love thee.

Or ever thou canst turn thee about, the ungodly shall be overthrown; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

The scoffer, thou shalt smite, and, the simple, will beware, but correct a man of intelligence - he will understand teaching.

A revealer of secrets, is one who goeth about talebearing, therefore, with him who openeth his lips, shalt thou not have fellowship.

The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?