1 The Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
3 to receive instruction in prudence, righteousness, and judgment, and uprightness;
4 to give sense to the one of simplicity, knowledge and discretion to the young man.
5 The wise ones hear and increase learning, and he understanding gets wise counsel,
6 to understand a proverb and an enigma; the words of the wise ones, and their riddles.
7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; foolish ones despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear your father's instruction, and do not forsake the law of your mother;
9 for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains for your neck.
10 My son, if sinners lure you, do not be willing.
11 If they say, Walk with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us secretly lurk for the innocent ones without cause,
12 let us swallow them up alive as Sheol; and whole, as those going down into the Pit,
13 we shall find all precious wealth; we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 cast in your lot among us; one purse shall be to all of us.
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their path;
16 for their feet run to evil and they haste to shed blood.
17 For in vain the net is spread in the sight of every lord of the wing.
18 And they lie in wait for their own blood, they are hiding for their own souls.
19 So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owner's soul.
20 Wisdom cries aloud outside; she gives her voice in the square;
21 she calls at the head of roaring places, at the opening of the gates, in the city she speaks her words:
22 Until when, ones of simplicity, will you love simplicity? And will scorning ones desire scorning for themselves? And will fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn back at My warning; behold, I will pour out My Spirit to you; I will make My words known to you.
24 Because I called, and you refused; I stretch out a hand, and not one pays attention,
25 but you have ignored all My counsel, and you did not desire My warning.
26 I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your dread comes;
27 when your dread comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a tempest, when distress and anguish come on you,
28 then they shall call on Me, and I will not answer; they shall seek Me early, but they shall not find Me.
29 Instead, they hated knowledge and chose not the fear of Jehovah.
30 They did not desire My counsel; they despised all My reproof,
31 and they shall eat of the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the going astray of the ones of simplicity kills them, and the ease of fools destroys them.
33 But he who listens to Me shall live securely and shall be at ease from the dread of evil.
1 My son, if you will receive My words, and treasure up My commandments with you,
2 so that your ear attends to wisdom, you shall stretch out your heart to understanding.
3 For if you cry for discernment, giving forth your voice for understanding;
4 if you seek her as silver, and search for her as hidden treasures,
5 then you shall understand the fear of Jehovah and find knowledge of God.
6 For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth are knowledge and understanding.
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright ones; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 to guard the paths of judgment, and He guards the way of His godly ones.
9 Then you shall understand righteousness and judgment and uprightness; yea, every good path.
10 When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11 discretion shall keep you, understanding shall watch over you;
12 to deliver you from the evil way, from the man speaking perversity;
13 those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 rejoicing to do evil; they delight in the perversity of the evil one,
15 whose paths are crooked and being devious in their tracks,
16 these will deliver you from the strange woman, from the foreign woman flattering by her words,
17 who forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For her house leads down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
19 All going in to her do not return, and not do they reach the paths of life.
20 Then you may walk in the ways of the good and keep the ways of the righteous ones.
21 For the upright ones shall live in the land, and the blameless shall remain in it;
22 but the wicked ones shall be cut off from the earth, and ones acting deceitfully shall be rooted out of it.
1 My son, do not forget My law, but let your heart guard My commands,
2 for they shall add length of days and years of life and peace to you.
3 Mercy and truth will not forsake you; tie them on your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart;
4 and you shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and turn from evil.
8 Healing shall be to your navel and marrow to your bones.
9 Honor Jehovah with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase,
10 and your storerooms shall be filled with plenty, and your wine-vats shall burst with new wine.
11 My son, do not reject the chastening of Jehovah, and do not loathe His chastisement;
12 for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son with whom he is pleased.
13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
14 For better is its profit than the gain of silver, and its produce more than fine gold;
15 she is more precious than jewels, and all the things you can desire are not to be compared with her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; riches and honor in her left hand.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths peace.
18 She is a tree of life to the ones who lay hold on her, and blessed are the ones holding her fast.
19 Jehovah founded the earth by wisdom; He founded the heavens by understanding;
20 the depths were broken up by His knowledge, and the clouds dropped down the dew.
21 My son, do not let them depart from your eyes; keep sound wisdom and judgment,
22 and they shall be life to your soul, and grace to your neck;
23 then you shall walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble.
24 When you lie down, you shall not dread; yea, you shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.
25 Do not be afraid of sudden dread, and of the ruin of the wicked ones when it comes.
26 For Jehovah shall be at your loins, and He shall keep your foot from capture.
27 Do not withhold good from its owners, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 Do not say to your neighbor, Go and return, or, Tomorrow I will give, when it is with you.
29 Do not plot evil against your neighbor, and he lives securely by you.
30 Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has dealt you no evil.
31 Do not be envious of the man of violence, and choose not among all his ways.
32 For one being devious is a disgusting thing to Jehovah, but His counsel is with the upright ones.
33 The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked one, but He blesses the abode of the righteous ones.
34 If He will scorn at those scorning, yet He will give grace to the humble one.
35 The wise ones inherit honor, but fools exalt shame.
1 Sons, hear the instruction of a father, pay attention to know understanding.
2 For I give you good teaching, do not forsake my Law.
3 For I was my father's son, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
4 And he taught me and said to me, May my words hold to your heart; keep my commands and live.
5 Obtain wisdom, and with all your obtaining, obtain understanding; do not stretch out, and do not stretch away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will keep you.
7 The first thing is wisdom; obtain wisdom, and with all your obtaining, obtain understanding.
8 Exalt her, and she will lift you up; she shall bring you to honor when you embrace her.
9 She shall give a wreath of grace to your head; she shall shield you with a crown of glory.
10 Oh my son, hear and receive my sayings, and the years of your life shall be many.
11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have made you walk in the right tracks;
12 when you go, your tracks shall not be narrowed, and if you run, you shall not stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction, do not let go; keep her, for she is your life.
14 Do not enter into the path of the wicked ones, and do not go straight in the way of evil ones
15 Avoid it, do not pass by it; turn from it and pass on.
16 For they do not sleep if they have done no evil, and their sleep is taken away if not they cause some to stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous ones is as a light of brightness going on and shining till the day is established.
19 The way of the wicked ones is as darkness; they do not know at what they stumble.
20 My son, pay attention to my words; stretch your ear to what I say;
21 let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the center of your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them, and healing to all his flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Turn away from you the crooked mouth, and put devious lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight to the front, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
26 Ponder the track of your feet, then all your ways will be established.
27 Do not stretch to the right or to the left; turn your foot aside from evil.
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; stretch out your ear to my understanding;
2 to keep discretion, and your lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, and her palate is smoother than oil,
4 but afterwards she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a sword of mouths;
5 her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol,
6 lest you ponder on the path of life, her tracks are unstable, you cannot know them.
7 And hear me now, O sons, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove your way far from her, and do not come near to the door of her house,
9 lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
10 that strangers not be filled with your strength, and your labors be in the house of a foreigner,
11 and you groan when your end comes, when your flesh and muscle are used up,
12 and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised correction;
13 and I have not heard the voice of my teachers, nor stretched out my ear to those teaching me.
14 In a little I was in every evil thing in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.
16 Should your overflowing springs be dispersed outside, like rivers of waters in the streets?
17 Let them be for you alone, and not to strangers with you;
18 let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth;
19 she is a loving deer, a graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at every time, always be ravished in her love.
20 And my son, why will you be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and He ponders all his tracks.
22 His own iniquities shall capture him, the wicked one, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
23 He shall die without instruction, and in the greatness of his foolishness he shall go astray.
1 My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with an alien,
2 you are snared with the words of your mouth; you are captured with the words of your own mouth.
3 My son, do this then, and save yourself when you come into the palm of your friend: go, humble yourself and be bold to your friend.
4 Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hand, and as a bird from the fowler's hand.
6 Go to the ant, lazy man; see her ways and be wise;
7 who, having no leader, overseer or ruler,
8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
9 Until when will you lie down, O lazy man? When will you arise out of your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;
11 so shall your poverty come as one walking about, and your need like a man of a shield.
12 A worthless man, an evil man, walks with crookedness of mouth,
13 winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, teaching with his fingers.
14 Perversity is in his heart; he is plotting evil things at every time, he sends out strife.
15 On account of this, calamity shall come suddenly; he is broken quickly and there is no healing.
16 These six things Jehovah hates; yea, seven are disgusting things to his soul;
17 a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises iniquity, feet hurrying to run to evil things,
19 a lying witness who breathes lies, and he who causes strife among brothers.
20 My son, keep your father's commands, and do not forsake the law of your mother.
21 Bind them to your heart continually; tie them around your neck.
22 When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall watch over you; and when you awaken, it will muse with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; and reproofs of instruction are a way of life,
24 to keep you from the evil woman, from tongue of flattery of the strange woman.
25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, and do not let her take you with her eyelids,
26 For through a woman committing adultery, a man comes to the last loaf of bread, and another man's wife hunts for the precious soul.
27 Can a man take fire into his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can a man walk on hot coals and his feet not be burned?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; everyone touching her shall not be free from guilt.
30 They do not despise a thief, if he steals to fill his appetite when he is hungry.
31 But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the goods of his house.
32 He who commits adultery with a woman lacks heart; he who does it is a destroyer of his own soul.
33 He shall find a wound and dishonor, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He will not lift up the face of every ransom, nor will he consent when you multiply the bribes.
1 My son, keep my words and treasure up My commands within you.
2 Keep My commands and live, and keep My Law as the pupil of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, You are my sister, and call understanding your kinswoman,
5 to keep you from the strange woman, from the foreign one with her flattering words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice,
7 and I saw in the ones of simplicity, I observed among the sons a young man lacking heart,
8 passing through the street near her corner; and he stepped the way to her house,
9 in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and darkness of night.
10 And, behold, a woman to meet him, in the dress of one doing adultery, and a guarded heart;
11 she is loud and stubborn; her feet do not abide in her own house.
12 At this time she is outside, now in the streets, and she lies in wait at every corner;
13 and she seizes him and kisses him; she hardens her face and says to him,
14 Sacrifices of peace offerings are on me, today I have completed my vows;
15 so I came out to meet you, early to seek your face, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with coverings, with striped cloths of Egyptian linen.
17 I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses.
19 For my husband is not in his house; he is going in the way to a distant place.
20 He has taken a bag of silver in his hand; at the day of the full moon he will enter his house.
21 With her much persuasiveness she turned him aside; with the flattering of her lips she forced him,
22 going after her at once, as an ox goes to the slaughter; or as one in fetters goes to the correction of a foolish one,
23 until an arrow strikes through his liver, like a bird hastening to the snare, and not knowing that it is for his soul.
24 And now listen to Me, O sons, and attend to the words of My mouth:
25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not go astray in her paths.
26 For many are the wounded she has caused to fall, and numerous all the ones being slain by her.
27 The ways of Sheol are in her house, leading down to the rooms of death.
1 Does not Wisdom call? And does not understanding speak?
2 She stands at the head of high places, on the way between the paths,
3 at the side of the gates; at the mouth of the city, at the doors, she cries.
4 I call to you, O men, and My voice is to the sons of men.
5 Understand prudence, ones of simplicity; and fools, be of an understanding heart.
6 Hear, for I will speak of excellent things, and from the opening of My lips shall be right things.
7 For My mouth shall speak of truth, and a disgusting thing is wickedness to My lips.
8 In righteousness are all the sayings of My mouth there is not a distorted or perverse thing in them;
9 they are all straight to those discerning and to the upright ones, to those who find knowledge.
10 Receive My instruction, and not silver; and knowledge, rather than choice gold.
11 For wisdom is better than jewels, and all delights cannot be compared to it.
12 I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge of discretions.
13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; I hate pride and loftiness, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
14 To Me is counsel and sound wisdom; I am understanding; to Me is strength.
15 By Me kings reign, and leaders decree righteousness.
16 Rulers and nobles rule by Me, and all the judges of the earth.
17 I love those who love Me, and those who seek Me early find Me.
18 Riches and honor are with Me; enduring wealth and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and My increase is better than the best silver.
20 I walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
21 to cause those who love Me to inherit wealth, and I will fill up their treasuries.
22 Jehovah possessed Me in the beginning of His way, from then, before His works.
23 I was anointed from everlasting, from before the earth.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no springs heavy with water.
25 Before the mountains were sunk, before the hills, I was brought forth;
26 before He had made the earth and the fields, or the head of the dust of the world.
27 In His preparing the heavens, I was there; in His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
28 in His forming the clouds above, in His making the strong springs of the deep,
29 in His setting its limit for the sea, that the waters should not pass beyond His command; in His decreeing the foundations of the earth,
30 then I was at His side, like a master workman; and I was His delights day by day, rejoicing before Him at every time;
31 rejoicing in the world, His earth; and My delight was with the sons of men.
32 And now listen to Me, O sons, for blessed are those who keep My ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not let go.
34 Blessed is the man listening to Me, watching day by day at My gates, guarding at the posts of My doors.
35 For the one finding Me finds life, and he shall draw out favor from Jehovah.
36 But he who sins against Me wrongs his own soul; all who hate Me love death.
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars;
2 she has slaughtered her slaughter; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her maidens; she cries on the heights of the city;
4 One who is of simplicity, turn in here; one lacking heart, she says to him,
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake simplicity, and live, and go straight in the way of understanding.
7 He rebuking one scorning takes shame for himself, and one reproving a wicked one has his own blemish.
8 Do not reprove one scorning, lest he hate you; reprove a wise one, and he will love you.
9 Give to a wise one, and he will be more wise; cause a just one to know and he will add to learning.
10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.
11 For by Me your days shall increase and shall be added to you the years of life.
12 If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself, but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
13 A woman of foolishness is noisy; one of simplicity, and she knows not what.
14 And she sits at the door of her house, in a seat in the high places of the city,
15 to call those passing in the way, who are going straight on their paths:
16 One of simplicity turn aside here. And to the one lacking heart, she says to him:
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he does not know that the departed spirits are there; In the depths of Sheol are her called ones.
1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a father rejoice, but a son who is a fool is a mother's sorrow.
2 Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
3 Jehovah will not allow the soul of the righteous one to hunger, but He pushes away the desire of the wicked one. .
4 He who works with a lazy palm will be lacking, but the hand of the diligent one makes to become rich.
5 He who gathers in summer is a prudent son; he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous one, but the mouth of the wicked ones covers violence.
7 The memory of the righteous one is for a blessing, but the name of the wicked ones shall rot.
8 The wise of heart accepts commands, but the lips of the foolish one shall be thrust away.
9 He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.
10 One winking the eye causes pain, and the lips of the foolish one shall be thrust away.
11 The mouth of the righteous one is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked one covers violence.
12 Hating stirs up strifes, but love covers all transgressions.
13 Wisdom is found in the lips of him who has understanding, but a rod is waiting for the back of him who lacks heart.
14 The wise ones store up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish one is near ruin.
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor ones is their poverty.
16 The wages of the righteous one is for life; the gain of the wicked one is for sin.
17 On the path to life is one keeping instruction, but one forsaking reproof is going astray.
18 One covering hating with lying lips, and sending out slander, he is a fool.
19 In the abundance of words transgression does not cease, but one restraining his lips is prudent.
20 The tongue of the righteous one is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked ones is but little.
21 The lips of the righteous one feed many, but foolish ones die in lack of heart.
22 The blessing of Jehovah makes one to be rich, and he adds no pain with it.
23 To work out evil devices is as laughter to the fool; so wisdom is to a man of understanding.
24 The fear of the wicked one is that which shall come upon him, but the desire of the righteous one is granted.
25 As the storm wind passes, so the wicked one is not; but the righteous one is an everlasting foundation.
26 Like vinegar to the teeth, and like smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy one to those who send him.
27 The fear of Jehovah prolongs days, but the years of the wicked ones shall be cut short.
28 The expectation of the righteous ones is joyful, but the hope of the wicked ones shall perish.
29 The way of Jehovah is strength to the ones of integrity, but ruin is to doers of iniquity.
30 The righteous one shall never be shaken, and the wicked ones shall not dwell in the land.
31 The mouth of the righteous one flourishes with wisdom, but the tongue of perversity shall be cut off.
32 The lips of the righteous one know what is pleasing, but the mouth of the wicked ones knows only perversity.
1 False balances are a disgusting thing to Jehovah, but a perfect stone His delight.
2 Pride comes, then shame comes, but with those being humble is wisdom.
3 The integrity of the upright ones guides them, but the perverting of those betraying will devastate them.
4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the sound one shall make his way right, but the wicked one shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright one shall deliver them, but those betraying shall be taken in their lust.
7 In the death of a wicked man his expectation shall perish, and the hope of doers of iniquity shall be lost.
8 The righteous one is delivered from distress, and the wicked one goes in instead of him.
9 The godless one is corrupting his friend with his mouth, but the righteous ones are delivered by knowledge.
10 When the righteous ones receive good things, the city rejoices; and at perishing of the wicked ones is singing.
11 A city is lifted up by the blessing of the upright one, but by the mouth of the wicked ones it is overthrown.
12 One despising his friend lacks heart, but an understanding man remains silent.
13 One going with slander is a revealer of secrets, but the faithful of spirit keeps a matter hidden.
14 In the absence of wise counsels the people fall, but safety is in a great counselor.
15 The evil one suffers when he is surety for a stranger, but one hating strikers of hands is trusted.
16 A gracious woman holds to honor, but terrifying men hold to riches.
17 A merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel one troubles his own flesh.
18 The wicked one makes a wage of falsehood, but one sowing righteousness has a reward of truth.
19 As righteousness is to life, even the evil one is pursuing to his death.
20 The perverse of heart is a disgusting thing to Jehovah, but His delight is the blameless one of his way.
21 Though hand join to hand, the evil one shall not be free from guilt, but the seed of the righteous ones escapes.
22 As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a woman who is beautiful, yet turning aside discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous ones is only good, the hope of the wicked ones is wrath.
24 There is one who scatters yet increases more, but a withholder of uprightness comes only to poverty.
25 The soul of blessing will be made fat; he drinking to his fill will also be taught.
26 One holding back grain, the people curse him; but a blessing is to the head of one selling grain.
27 One seeking good early seeks favor; but one pursuing an evil thing, it shall come to him.
28 One trusting in his riches, he shall fall; but like a green leaf the righteous ones shall flourish.
29 One troubling his house inherits the wind; and the foolish one is servant to the wise of heart.
30 The fruit of the righteous one is a tree of life, and one taking souls is wise.
31 Behold, the righteous ones shall be rewarded in the earth; also indeed the wicked one and the sinner.
1 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he hating chastisement is one of stupidity.
2 The good obtain grace from Jehovah, but He will condemn a man of evil devices.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous ones shall not be dislodged.
4 A woman of virtue is a crown to her lord, but one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous ones are justice; the counsels of the wicked ones are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked ones lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright ones shall deliver them.
7 Overthrow the wicked ones and they are not; but the house of the righteous ones stands.
8 A man shall be praised according to his prudence, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9 Better is one despised, and a servant is his, than one honoring himself and lacking bread.
10 The righteous one knows the life of his animal, but the mercies of the wicked ones are cruel.
11 He who works his land shall be satisfied with bread, but he chasing vanities lacks heart.
12 The wicked one desires the net of evils, but the root of the righteous ones give.
13 In the transgression of the lips is the snare of an evil one, but the righteous one will come out from distress.
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of the mouth, and the dealing of a man's hand shall be given back to him.
15 The way of a foolish one is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to advice is wise.
16 The anger of a foolish one is known in a day, but the prudent one covers shame.
17 He who breathes faithfulness reveals righteousness, but a witness of falsehoods deceit.
18 There is a rash speaking like thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise ones is healing.
19 The lips of truth are established forever, but a tongue of falsehood is only while I wink.
20 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil things, but to counselors of peace is joy.
21 Not every trouble shall be sent to the righteous one, but the wicked ones shall be filled with evil.
22 Lips of falsehood are a disgusting thing to Jehovah, but those who do faithfulness are His delight.
23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools calls out their folly.
24 The hand of the diligent ones shall rule, but one of laziness will become forced labor.
25 Anxiety in a man's heart makes it depressed, but a good word makes it glad.
26 The righteous one searches out his friend, but the way of the wicked ones leads them astray.
27 The one of laziness does not start after his prey, but the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
28 In the way of righteousness is life, and in that pathway is no death.
1 A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scorner does not hear rebuke.
2 From the fruit of his mouth a man eats good, but the soul of those betraying eats violence.
3 He who guards his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide, ruin is to him.
4 A sluggish one's soul is craving, but having nothing, but the soul of the diligent ones shall be made fat.
5 The righteous one hates a word of falsehood, but the wicked one is odious and acts shamefully.
6 Righteousness keeps the way of the one of integrity, but wickedness subverts a sin-offering.
7 There is one being rich, yet having nothing at all; but one acting poor has much wealth.
8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but one acting poor does not hear rebuke.
9 The light of the righteous ones rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked ones shall be put out.
10 Only by pride comes strife, but with those taking counsel wisdom.
11 Wealth from vanity shall diminish, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a tree of life is desire coming.
13 He who despises the Word shall ruin himself, but one fearing the commandment, he shall be rewarded.
14 The law of the wise one is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
15 Good prudence gives grace, but the way of those betraying is ever flowing.
16 Every prudent one deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.
17 A wicked messenger falls into an evil way, but a faithful envoy is healing.
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him letting chastening go, but he who keeps to chastisement shall be honored.
19 The desire coming to pass is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from an evil way is a disgusting thing to fools.
20 One walking with the wise ones shall be wise, but a feeder of fools shall be made evil.
21 An evil end pursues sinners, but the righteous ones shall be rewarded with good.
22 A good man makes the sons of his son to inherit, but the wealth of the sinner is treasured up for the righteous one .
23 The tilled land of one being poor yields much food, but when there is no justice, it is swept away.
24 One holding back his rod is hating his son, but he loving him seeks him with correction.
25 The righteous one eats to the satisfaction of his soul, but the belly of the wicked ones shall lack.
1 The wise among women builds her house, but she of foolishness pulls it down with her own hands.
2 One walking in his uprightness fears Jehovah, but one being perverse in his ways despises Him.
3 A rod of pride is in the mouth of a foolish one, but the lips of the wise ones shall keep them.
4 The manger is clean where there are no cattle, but much increase is by the strength of an ox.
5 A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness breathes lies.
6 A scorner seeks wisdom, but finds it not, yet knowledge is swift to the discerning.
7 Go from before a foolish man, or you will not know the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the shrewd one is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
9 Foolish ones laugh at guilt offering, but favor is among the upright ones.
10 The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, and a stranger does not share in its joy.
11 The house of the wicked ones shall be laid waste, but the tent of the upright ones will flourish.
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it is the way of death.
13 Even in laughter pain is in the heart and in its end that joy is grief.
14 One backsliding in heart shall be filled with his own ways, but a good man from himself.
15 One of simplicity believes every word, but the prudent one considers his step.
16 The wise ones fear and turn from evil, but the fool passes over and is bold.
17 He who is short of temper acts foolishly; and a man of evil plots is hated.
18 Ones of simplicity inherit foolishness, but the prudent ones are encircled with knowledge.
19 The evil ones will bow before the good ones; yea, the wicked ones at the gates of the just one.
20 The one lacking is hated even by his own neighbor, but lovers of a rich one are many .
21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who favors the humble one, how happy is he!
22 Devisers of evil go astray? But mercy and truth follow one devising good.
23 In all pain there is profit, but the word of the lips tends only to poverty.
24 The crown of the wise ones is their riches; the folly of fools is their foolishness. .
25 A true witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness breathes lies.
26 In the fear of Jehovah is strong trust, and His sons shall have a refuge.
27 The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn aside from snares of death.
28 In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the ruin of a ruler.
29 One long to anger is of great understanding, but he who is short of spirit exalts folly.
30 A heart of healing is the life of the flesh, but jealousy is the rottenness of the bones.
31 One oppressing the poor one curses his Maker, but one honoring Him favors the needy one.
32 The wicked one is thrust out in his evil, but the righteous one seeks refuge in his death.
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one understanding, but amidst fools the lack of it is made known.
34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a shame to any people
35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, but his wrath underlies one causing shame.
1 A soft answer turns back wrath, but a word of pain causes anger to go up.
2 The tongue of the wise makes glad knowledge, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
3 The eyes of Jehovah are in every place watching the evil ones and the good ones.
4 A healing tongue is a tree of life, but perversity in it is a break of the spirit.
5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he keeping correction is prudent.
6 In the house of the righteous ones is much treasure, but in the increase of the wicked one is troubling.
7 The lips of the wise ones disperse knowledge, but the heart of fools is not so.
8 The sacrifice of the wicked one is a disgusting thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright one is His delight.
9 The way of the wicked ones is a disgusting thing to Jehovah, but He loves one pursuing righteousness.
10 Discipline is an evil thing to one leaving the path of obedience; one hating reproof shall die.
11 Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; even more the hearts of the sons of men!
12 A scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise one.
13 A joyful heart makes a good face, but by pain of heart the spirit is stricken.
14 The heart of the discerning one seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
15 All the days of the afflicted one are evil days, but a good heart is a continual feast.
16 Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah than great treasure and tumult with it.
17 Better is a meal of herbs and love than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
18 A man of fury stirs up strife, but one long to anger calms fighting.
19 The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright ones is lifted up.
20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a man who is a fool despises his mother.
21 Foolishness is joy to him who lacks understanding, but a man of understanding directs his going.
22 Purposes without counsel are frustrated, but by many counselors they rise.
23 Joy is to a man by the answer of his mouth, and how good is a word in its time.
24 The path of life is upward to the prudent one, that he may turn away from Sheol below.
25 Jehovah will pull down the house of the proud ones, but He will set up the widow's border.
26 The thoughts of the evil one are disgusting things to Jehovah, but the sayings of pleasantness are pure.
27 One gaining unjust gain troubles his own house, but one hating bribes shall live.
28 The heart of the righteous one meditates how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked ones pours out evil.
29 Jehovah is far from the wicked ones, but He hears the prayer of the righteous ones.
30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, a good report makes the bones fat.
31 The ear that hears the reproof of life dwells in the midst of wisdom.
32 He casting off correction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gets heart.
33 The fear of Jehovah is instruction in wisdom, and before honor is humility.
1 Of man are plans of the heart, and the answer of the tongue from Jehovah.
2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the spirits.
3 Roll your works on Jehovah, and your thoughts will be established.
4 Jehovah has made all for His purpose, yea, even the wicked one for the day of evil things.
5 A disgusting thing to Jehovah is everyone proud in heart; though hand join in hand he shall not be free from guilt.
6 Iniquity is covered by mercy and truth, and in the fear of Jehovah men turn aside from evil ways.
7 When a man's ways please Jehovah, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8 Better is a little with righteousness than great increase without justice.
9 A man's heart plans his way, but Jehovah establishes his step.
10 A divination is on the king's lips; his mouth does not act unfaithfully in judgment.
11 A scale and balances of justice are to Jehovah, all the stones of the bag are His work.
12 It is a disgusting thing for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is made firm by righteousness.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and he speaking uprightly is loved.
14 A king's fury is as messengers of death, but a wise man will cover it.
15 In the light of the face of the king is life, and his favor is like a cloud of the latter rain.
16 How much better to obtain wisdom than gold! And to obtain understanding is to be chosen above silver.
17 The way of the upright one is to turn aside from evil ways; he keeping his soul watches his way.
18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better is lowness of spirit with the humble ones than to divide the spoil with the proud ones.
20 He being prudent on a matter shall find good success; yea, he trusting in Jehovah, blessed is he!
21 The wise in heart shall be called understanding, and sweetness of lips increases learning.
22 Prudence is a fountain of life to its owners, but the correction of foolish ones is folly.
23 The heart of the wise ones makes his mouth prudent, and he adds learning on his lips.
24 Combs of honey are sayings of pleasantness, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.
25 There is a way seeming right to a man's face, but the end of it is the ways of death.
26 The soul who labors is a laborer for himself, for his mouth urges him on.
27 A man of worthlessness digs up evil things, and on his lips it is like a burning fire.
28 A man of perversity sends out strife, and a talebearer separates from a friend.
29 A man of violence lures his neighbor, and causes him to go in a way that is not good.
30 He who shuts his eyes to plan perversity, compressing his lips, he finishes in an evil plan.
31 The gray head is a crown of glory; it is found in the way of righteousness.
32 One long to anger is better than the mighty one, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
33 The lot is cast into the bosom, but all the ordering of it is from Jehovah.
1 Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
2 A servant being prudent shall rule over a son who causes shame, and he shall share the inheritance among the brothers.
3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.
4 One being evil gives heed to lips of iniquity; a liar listens to a tongue of evil desire.
5 One mocking the one being poor reviles this Maker, one joyful at calamity shall not be free of guilt.
6 Sons of sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.
7 A lip of excess is not fitting for a foolish one, much less are lying lips for a noble one.
8 A bribe is a stone of favor in the eyes of its owner, everywhere he turns he is shrewd.
9 One who covers a transgression seeks love, but one repeating a matter separates from a friend.
10 A reproof goes down more into one discerning than a hundred blows striking into a fool .
11 An evil one seeks only rebellion, so a cruel messenger is sent against him.
12 Let a man meet a bear of bereavement and not a fool in his foolishness.
13 Whoever returns an evil deed for a good deed, an evil deed shall not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife is like the releasing of water, therefore leave off striving before it breaks out.
15 One justifying the wicked one, and condemning the just one, even both of them are disgusting things to Jehovah.
16 Why is this, a price in the hand of a fool to obtain wisdom, and there is no heart for it?
17 A friend loves at every time, and a brother is born for distress.
18 A man lacking heart strikes the palm, he pledges a pledge in the presence of his friend.
19 He loving strife loves transgression; he exalting his entrance seeks a breaking in.
20 One crooked of heart does not find a good thing, and he who is perverse in his tongue falls into an evil thing.
21 He who fathers a fool falls into sorrow for it; yea, the father of a foolish one will not be joyful.
22 A joyful heart makes good healing, but a stricken spirit dries the bones.
23 The wicked one takes a bribe out of the bosom to stretch the paths of justice.
24 With the face of one discerning is wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A son who is a fool is vexation to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
26 Also it is not a good thing to punish the just one, to strike nobles for uprightness.
27 One restraining his words knows knowledge, and one cool of spirit is a man of understanding.
28 Even a foolish one being silent is counted a wise one, he shutting his lips as discerning.
1 He who separates himself seeks to gain his own desire; he breaks out against all sound wisdom.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in uncovering his heart.
3 When the wicked one comes, scorn also comes, and with shame comes reproach.
4 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters, the fountain of wisdom is a flowing stream.
5 To lift up the face of the wicked one is not good, to thrust aside the righteous one in judgment.
6 The lips of a foolish one enter into strife, and his mouth calls for strokes.
7 The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
8 The words of a slanderer are greedily swallowed; yea, they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
9 And he who is slack in his work, he is a brother to a master of destruction.
10 The name of Jehovah is a tower of strength; the righteous one runs into it and is set on high.
11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his imagination.
12 Before shattering, a man's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.
13 One turning back a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.
14 The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but who can bear a stricken spirit?
15 The heart of one being discerning gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise one seeks knowledge.
16 A man's bribe makes room for him, and it leads him before the great.
17 The first in his cause seems to be a just one, but his neighbor comes and examines him.
18 The lot causes contentions to cease, and divides between the mighty ones.
19 A brother transgressing is like a city of strength; and their contentions are like the bar of a castle.
20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he shall be satisfied with the produce of his lips.
21 Death and life are in the hand of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat its fruit.
22 He finding a wife finds good, and obtains favor from Jehovah.
23 The one being poor speaks with entreaties, but the rich one answers fiercely.
24 A man of friends may be broken up, but there is a Lover who sticks closer than a brother.
1 One being poor who walks in his integrity is better than a perverted one in his lips, and is a fool.
2 Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, and he hurrying with his feet sins.
3 The folly of man perverts his way, and his heart rages against Jehovah.
4 Wealth adds many friends, but the poor one is separated from his neighbor.
5 A witness of falsehoods will not be free from guilt; yea, a breather of lies shall not slip away.
6 Many will beg at the face of a noble one, and all are friends to a man of gifts.
7 All the brothers of the one being poor hate him, and his friends also surely have been far from him; he pursues them with words, yet they are not.
8 He possessing heart loves his own soul, he keeping understanding finds good.
9 A witness of falsehood shall not be free from guilt; yea, one breathing lies shall perish.
10 Luxury is not becoming for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over rulers.
11 The discretion of a man makes his anger long, and his glory is to pass over a transgression.
12 The king's rage is like a lion's roar, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A son who is a fool is calamity to his father, and the drippings of a woman is a continuing dripping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers, but a wife who acts prudently is from Jehovah.
15 Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall be hungry.
16 One keeping the commandment keeps his own soul; he who despises His ways shall die.
17 One favoring the poor one lends to Jehovah, and He will repay his dealing to him.
18 Chasten your son, for there is hope, and do not lift your soul on making him die.
19 One great of fury will bear a fine, for if you deliver him, even again you must add to it.
20 Hear counsel and accept chastening, that you may be wise in your latter end.
21 Many purposes are in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah shall rise.
22 The desirableness of a man is his kindness, and it is better to be poor than a man of a lie.
23 The fear of Jehovah tends to life, and he shall rest satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24 A lazy one hides his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.
25 Strike a scorner and one of simplicity will become shrewd; reprove a discerner, and he will discern knowledge.
26 He who deals violently with his father chases his mother away; he is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
27 My son, cease to hear the chastening only to stray from the words of knowledge.
28 A worthless witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked one swallows iniquity.
29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and blows for the backs of fools.
1 Wine is a mocker, strong liquor is stirring, and each one straying by it is not being wise.
2 Like the roar of a lion is the dread of a king; he who stirs him up to anger wrongs his own soul.
3 For a man to cease from strife is an honor, but every foolish one lays himself bare.
4 The lazy one will not plow, after autumn he begs at harvest, and nothing is there.
5 Counsel in a man's heart is like deep water, and a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 A multitude of men will proclaim each his own kindness, but who can find a faithful man?
7 The just one walks in his integrity, blessed are his sons after him!
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10 A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, are disgusting things to Jehovah, even both of them.
11 Even a boy makes himself known by his actions, whether his work is pure, or upright.
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah has even made both of them.
13 Do not love sleep, lest you be dispossessed; open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.
14 An evil thing! An evil thing, says the buyer, but when it is left to him, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and a multitude of gems, but the lips of knowledge are a rare vessel.
16 Take the garment of the one who is surety for an alien, and bind him in pledge for strangers.
17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Purposes are established in counsel; yea, make war with wise guidance.
19 A revealer of a secret walks about as a gossip, so do not meddle with him who opens his lips.
20 He cursing his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the middle of darkness.
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily in the beginning, but the end of it shall not be blessed.
22 Do not say, I will repay the evil one; wait on Jehovah, and He will save you.
23 To have a stone and a stone is a disgusting thing to Jehovah; and a balance of deceit is not good.
24 The steps of a man are from Jehovah, and what can man discern of his way?
25 It is a snare to a man to say rashly, A holy thing, and afterward to vow to inquire about it.
26 A wise king scatters the wicked ones and turns the wheel over them.
27 The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.
29 The glory of young men is their vigor, and the honor of old men is the gray head.
30 The stripes of a wound are a remedy for an evil plan, and strokes the inward parts of the belly.
1 As streams of waters, the king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah; He extends it wherever He desires.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the hearts.
3 For Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice is to be chosen more than sacrifice.
4 High eyes, a proud heart, and the fallow ground of the wicked ones, is sin.
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty, but those of every one being hasty only to poverty.
6 The acquisition of treasures by a tongue of falsehood is a vapor driven by those who seek death.
7 The violence of wickedness drags them down, because they refuse to do justice.
8 The work of a guilty man is perverted; but the pure one is an upright one.
9 It is better to dwell on a corner of a housetop, than with a woman of contentious, and to share a house.
10 The soul of wicked ones desires an evil thing; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
11 The one of simplicity is made to be wise when the scorner is punished, and when the wise one is instructed, he takes in knowledge.
12 The Righteous One is acting wisely toward the house of the wicked one; He subverts wickedness for its evil.
13 One shutting his ears at the cry of the poor one, he himself shall also call and shall not be answered.
14 A gift in secret subdues anger; yea, a bribe in the bosom quiets fierce fury.
15 It is joy to the righteous one to do justice, but ruin shall come to the workers of iniquity.
16 The man who wanders out of the way of prudence shall rest in the assembly of departed spirits.
17 A man who loves pleasure shall have poverty, he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 The wicked one shall be a ransom for the righteous one, and the one acting treacherously instead of the upright ones.
19 It is better to live in a land of the wilderness than with a woman of contentions and anger.
20 A treasure to be desired and oil are in the dwelling of the wise ones, but a man who is a fool swallows it.
21 He pursuing righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness and honor.
22 A wise one makes the city of the mighty ones go up, and makes go down the force in which it trusts.
23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue guards his soul from distresses.
24 The proud arrogant one, scoffer is his name, he who deals in proud wrath.
25 The lust of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.
26 All the day he longs with lust, but the righteous one gives and does not withhold.
27 The sacrifice of the wicked ones is a disgusting thing; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent!
28 A witness of falsehood shall perish, but the man who hears will speak forever.
29 A wicked man hardens his face, but he, the upright one, establishes his way.
30 There is no wisdom and no understanding and no counsel against Jehovah.
31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but to Jehovah belongs deliverance.
1 A name is to be chosen rather than great riches; favor is better than silver or gold.
2 The rich one and the one being poor meet together, Jehovah is the One making all of them.
3 A prudent one sees the evil way and hides himself, but the ones of simplicity pass on and are punished.
4 The reward of humility is the fear of Jehovah, riches, and honor, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked one, he guarding his soul shall be far from them.
6 Train up a boy on the mouth of his way, even when he is old he will not turn aside from it.
7 The rich one rules over the one being poor, and the one borrowing is servant to a man who lends.
8 He who sows injustice will reap sorrow, and the rod of his wrath shall cease.
9 The good of eye, he is blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor one.
10 Drive the scorner out and strife shall go out; yea, quarrels and shame shall cease.
11 He who loves pureness of heart, grace is on his lips; the king shall be his friend.
12 The eyes of Jehovah keep knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the one acting deceitfully.
13 The lazy one says, A lion is outside! I will be killed in the midst of the broad places.
14 The mouth of alien women is a deep pit; those hated by Jehovah shall fall there.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a boy; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 One oppresses the poor one to increase riches to him, he gives to the rich one, only to come to poverty.
17 Stretch your ear and hear the words of the wise one, and apply your heart to My knowledge,
18 for they are pleasant when you keep them within you; they shall all be fixed together on your lips,
19 that your trust may be in Jehovah. I caused you to know today, even you.
20 Have I not written to you three days ago with counsels and knowledge,
21 to cause you to know the certainty of the words of truth, to return the words of truth to those who send to you?
22 Rob not the poor one because he is a poor one, and do not crush the afflicted one in the gate.
23 For Jehovah will contend for their cause, and He will plunder those plundering them in soul.
24 Do not feed with a lord of anger, and do not go in with a man of fury,
25 lest you learn his ways and take a snare for your soul.
26 Do not be one of those who strike the palm, those who are sureties for loans.
27 If you have nothing to repay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
28 Do not move the old landmark which your fathers have set.
29 Do you see a man who is prompt in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler; considering, consider what is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of a soul.
3 Do not desire his delicacies, for it is the bread of lies.
4 Do not labor to become rich; cease from your own understanding.
5 Will your eyes fly on it? And it is not! For making it makes wings for itself; it flies into the heavens like an eagle.
6 Do not eat the bread of one having an evil eye, and do not desire his delicacies,
7 for as he reasons out in his soul, so is he. He says to you, Eat and drink, but his heart is not with you.
8 You shall vomit the bit you have eaten and spoil your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the prudence of your words.
10 Do not move the old landmark, and do not enter into the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Redeemer is a strong One, He will contend for their cause with you.
12 Bring your heart in for instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold correction from a boy, for if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall strike him with the rod, and you shall deliver him from Sheol.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even I.
16 And my reins shall exult when your lips speak right things.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but only be in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
18 For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope shall not be cut off.
19 My son, hear you, and be wise, and advance your heart in the way.
20 Be not among heavy drinkers of wine, with a glutton of flesh to themselves,
21 for the drunkard and the one being a glutton lose all, and with drowsiness shall clothe one with rags.
22 Listen to your father, this one fathered you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not, also wisdom, and instruction and understanding.
24 The father of a righteous one shall greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise one shall even be glad in him.
25 Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.
26 My son, give Me your heart, and let your eyes watch My ways.
27 For a deep pit is one doing adultery, and a strange woman is a narrow well.
28 Surely she lies in wait, as for prey, and she increases one acting deceitfully among men.
29 To whom is woe, to whom is sorrow? To whom are there contentions, to whom is babbling? To whom are wounds without cause? To whom are brilliant eyes?
30 Those who stay long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine.
31 Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it gives its sparkle in the cup, when it goes down smoothly,
32 at its last it bites like a snake, and it stings like a viper.
33 Your eyes shall look on strange women, and your heart shall speak perverse things;
34 yes, you shall be as one who lies down in the heart of the sea, or as he who lies on the top of a mast,
35 saying, They struck me! I was not sick! They beat me, yet I did not know. When I awaken I will add to it, I will still seek it.
1 Do not envy evil men, nor desire to be with them.
2 For their heart meditates violence, and their lips speak of mischief.
3 Through wisdom a house is built, and it is established by understanding,
4 and by knowledge the inner parts shall be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
5 A wise warrior is in strength: yes, a man of knowledge firms up power.
6 For you shall make war for yourself by wise advice, and deliverance is in the great Counselor.
7 Wisdom is too high for a foolish one, he does not open his mouth in the gate.
8 The one devising to do evil shall be called a lord of evil devices.
9 The evil plan of foolishness is sin, and one who scorns is a disgusting thing to men.
10 Your strength will be narrow if you faint in the day of distress,
11 if you hold back to snatch away those being taken to death, and those stumbling for killing;
12 for you say, Behold, we did not know this. Does not He who weighs the heart consider it? And the One who keeps your soul, does He not know? Yea, He repays to a man according to his work.
13 My son, eat honey because it is good, yea, the honeycomb is sweet on your palate;
14 so shall knowledge of wisdom be to your soul when you have found there is a hereafter and your hope is not cut off.
15 Wicked one, do not lie in wait against the abode of the righteous one; do not deal violently with his resting place,
16 for a righteous one falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked ones shall stumble into evil.
17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles,
18 lest Jehovah see and it be evil in His eyes, and He turn away His anger from him.
19 Do not be hot in anger because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked ones;
20 for no hereafter shall be to the evil one; the lamp of the wicked one will be put out.
21 My son, fear Jehovah and the king; do not meddle with those who change,
22 for their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin of both of them?
23 These also are for the wise ones: to know faces in judgment is not good.
24 Whoever says to the wicked one, You are a righteous one; the peoples shall curse him; nations shall abhor him.
25 But to those who rebuke him, it is pleasant, and a good blessing comes to them.
26 He kisses the lips of one who returns right words.
27 Prepare your work outside, and make it ready for yourself in the field, and afterwards even build your house.
28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, or deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, so I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay to each man according to his work.
30 I passed over the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking heart,
31 and, behold, all of it was going up with thistles; nettles had covered its surface, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 And I beheld; I set my heart on it; I looked; I received instruction.
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down,
34 and your poverty comes walking about, and your lack like a man with a shield.
1 Also these are the proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah handed forward:
2 The glory of God is to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
3 The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but there is no searching of the heart of kings.
4 Take away the dross from the silver, and a vessel for the refiner shall go out.
5 Take away the wicked one from before the king, and his throne is established in righteousness.
6 Do not honor yourself before a king, and do not stand in the place of the great.
7 For it is better he shall say to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower before a noble whom your eyes have seen.
8 Do not go out for strife hastily, lest what shall you do in the end of it, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
9 Contend for your cause with your neighbor, and do not uncover another's secret,
10 lest he who hears put you to shame, and your evil report not turn back.
11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken at the right time.
12 As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is the reproving of a wise one on a hearing ear.
13 Like the cold of snow in harvest time, so is a faithful messenger to those sending him, for he refreshes his master's soul.
14 A man boasting himself in a gift of falsehood is like clouds and wind, but with no rain.
15 In being at length to anger, a ruler is persuaded; and a soft tongue shatters the bone.
16 Have you found honey? Eat only your fill lest you be satiated and vomit it out.
17 Make your foot rare from your neighbor's house, lest he be full of you and hate you.
18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow is a man testifying a witness of falsehood against his neighbor.
19 Trust in one acting deceitfully in a day of distress is like a bad tooth and a slipping foot.
20 As one removing a garment in a cold day, and as vinegar on soda, so a singer with songs on a bad heart.
21 If one hating you is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
22 for you shall heap coals of fire on his head, and Jehovah shall reward you.
23 The north wind brings forth rain, so one becomes angrily indignant by a tongue of secrecy.
24 It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
25 Like cold waters to a weary soul, so is a good report from a far country.
26 The righteous one falling down before the wicked one is like a fouled spring and a ruined fountain.
27 It is not good to eat much honey, and for men to search out their honor is not honor.
28 A man to whom there is no control to his spirit is like a broken down city without a wall.
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.
2 As the wandering bird, as the swallow in its flying, so the causeless curse shall not come.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
4 Answer not a fool according to his foolishness, lest you become like him, even you.
5 Answer a fool according to his foolishness, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 He sending messages by a fool's hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7 As the legs of the lame one are weak, so a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 As he binding a stone on a sling, so he giving honor to a fool.
9 As a thorn goes up into the drunkard's hand, so a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 Great is the One who produced all things, but he who hires a fool is like one who hires those passing by.
11 As a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats in his foolishness.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The lazy one says, A lion is in the way, a lion is between the open places!
14 As the door turns on its hinge, so the lazy one on his bed.
15 The lazy one buries his hand in the dish; he is weary to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The lazy one is wiser in his own eyes than seven that return a wise judgment.
17 One who grabs the ears of a dog is like one passing by; he is passing wrath on himself over strife that is not his.
18 As one feigning weakness throwing sparks, arrows and death,
19 so is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?
20 The fire goes out where there is no wood, so the strife becomes quiet. where there is no slanderer.
21 As coal to burning embers, and wood to fire, so is a man of strife to kindle contention.
22 The words of a slanderer are gulped down, and they go down into the chambers of the heart.
23 As with silver dross laid over an earthen vessel, so are burning lips and an evil heart.
24 One who hates disguises himself with his lips, and he lays up deceit in his inner being;
25 when his voice is gracious, do not believe him, for there are seven disgusting things in his heart.
26 Though one's hating is covered by guile, his evil purpose shall be revealed in the assembly.
27 He who digs a pit shall fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it shall turn back on him.
28 A tongue of falsehood hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth works an occasion of stumbling.
1 Do not boast in the day of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2 Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth; a foreign one, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but the anger of a foolish one is heavier than both of them.
4 Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, but who can stand before jealousy?
5 Better is reproof being uncovered than love being secret.
6 Faithful are the wounds of one who loves, and being plentiful are the kisses of one who hates.
7 A sated soul tramples a honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 A man wandering from his place is like a bird that wanders from the nest.
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, and one's friend is sweet from the counsel of the soul.
10 Do not forsake your friend, and your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity, for a near neighbor is better than a brother at a distance.
11 My son, become wise and give joy to my heart, so that I may return a word to one taunting me.
12 A prudent one sees the evil and hides himself; ones of simplicity go on and are punished.
13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and for a foreign woman bind him in pledge
14 He rising early in the morning blessing his friend with a loud voice, it is considered to be cursing to him.
15 A constant dripping on a day of steady rain, and a woman of contentions are alike;
16 he who hides her hides the wind, and the oil of his right hand cries out.
17 Iron on iron sharpens, and a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18 The one keeping the fig tree eats its fruit, and the one guarding his master is honored.
19 As face reflects face in the water, so the heart of man reflects a man.
20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, and the eyes of man are not satisfied.
21 The refining pot tries silver, and the furnace tries gold, but a man is tried by the mouth of his praise.
22 If you pound a foolish one in the mortar with a pestle amidst grain, his foolishness will not turn away from him.
23 Know well the face of your flock; set your heart on your herds,
24 for wealth is not forever, nor the crown from generation and generation.
25 Uncover the grass and the new grass is seen, and the mountain plants are gathered,
26 the lambs will be for your clothing, and the he-goats the price for a field,
27 and there will be goat's milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the lives of your maidens.
1 The wicked one flees and none are pursuing, but the righteous ones are as bold as a lion.
2 By transgression in a land many are its rulers, but by a discerning man who knows, it is thus prolonged.
3 A poor man that oppresses the weak one is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.
4 Those forsaking the law praise the wicked one, but those keeping the law strive with them.
5 Evil mankind does not understand judgment, but those seeking Jehovah understand all.
6 Better is the poor one walking in his integrity than the crooked one of ways, even if he is rich.
7 One keeping the law is a wise son, but one feeding those being worthless shames his father.
8 There is one who increases his wealth by interest and by usury, but one pitying the weak ones gathers it.
9 He who turns aside his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer is a disgusting thing.
10 One leading astray the upright one in an evil way shall fall into his own pit; and the blameless one shall inherit good.
11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the discerning poor one examines him.
12 When the righteous ones rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked ones rise, a man will be sought out.
13 One covering his transgressions will not prosper, but the one confessing and forsaking them shall have pity.
14 Blessed is the man who is always in awe of God! But he who hardens his heart falls into an evil way.
15 The wicked ruler is a roaring lion and a ranging bear over a poor people.
16 The ruler that lacks understanding even adds extortionate deeds, but one hating unjust gain prolongs his days.
17 A man pressed down with the blood of a soul shall flee to the pit; let them not uphold him.
18 One walking blamelessly shall be saved, but a crooked one in his ways shall fall at once.
19 He who works his ground shall have plenty of bread, but one pursuing vanities shall be sated with poverty.
20 A faithful man shall be full of blessings, but one pressing to be rich shall not be free from guilt.
21 To recognize faces is not good, and for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
22 A man with an evil eye is anxious for wealth, but he does not know that poverty will come on him.
23 He who reproves a man afterwards finds grace, more than he who flatters with the tongue.
24 He who robs his father or his mother, and says, It is not a transgression, he shall be a partner to a man who corrupts.
25 The proud in soul stirs up strife, but he who is trusting on Jehovah shall be made fat.
26 One trusting in his own heart is a fool, but the one walking in wisdom shall be delivered.
27 The one giving to one being poor shall not lack, but the one hiding his eyes shall have plenty of curses.
28 When the wicked ones rise, a man hides himself; but when they perish, the righteous ones multiply.
1 A man of chastisements who hardens his neck shall be broken with suddenness, and there will be no healing.
2 When the righteous ones increase, the people rejoice; when a wicked one rules, the people groan.
3 A man who loves wisdom gladdens his father, but one feeding ones doing adultery wastes wealth.
4 A king establishes a land by judgment, but a man taking bribes tears it down.
5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
6 An evil man is a snare by transgression, but the righteous ones sing and rejoice.
7 The righteous one knows the cause of the poor ones; the wicked one does not discern knowledge.
8 Men of scorning blast a city, but the wise ones turn away anger.
9 If a wise man judges with a foolish man, even he shakes, or laughs, and there is no rest.
10 Men of blood hate the perfected ones, but the upright ones seek his soul.
11 A fool brings out all of his spirit, but holding back, the wise ones quiet it.
12 To a ruler who listens to a word of falsehood, all his ministers are wicked ones.
13 One being poor and the man of oppressions meet together. Jehovah enlightens the eyes of both.
14 A king that judges the poor ones with truth shall have his throne established forever.
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a boy sent off causes shame to his mother.
16 When wicked ones are multiplied, transgression increases; but the righteous ones shall see their fall.
17 Discipline your son, and you will get rest, and it will give delight to your soul.
18 Where there is no vision, the people are let loose, but blessed is he keeping the law.
19 A servant is not corrected by words; though he understands, there is no answer.
20 Do you see a man hastening in his words? There is more hope for a fool than of him.
21 He treating his servant delicately from youth, even afterwards in his days he shall be his heir.
22 A man of anger stirs up contention, and a master of fury abounds in transgression.
23 The pride of man brings him low, but the humble of spirit takes hold of honor.
24 He who shares with a thief hates his soul; he hears a curse, but does not tell it.
25 The fear of man brings a snare, but he trusting Jehovah is set on high.
26 Many are seeking the face of the ruler, but the judgment of each man is from Jehovah.
27 A man of injustice is a disgusting thing to the righteous one, and the upright of way is a disgusting thing to the wicked one.
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the burden: A statement of the man to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal, saying,
2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and the understanding of a man is not to me.
3 I have not learned wisdom, but I do know the knowledge of holy things.
4 Who has gone up to Heaven, and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has made all the ends of the earth to rise? What is His name, and what is His Son's name? Surely you know.
5 Every Word of God is refined, He is a shield to those seeking refuge in Him.
6 Do not add to His words, that He not reprove you, and you be proven to be a liar.
7 I have asked two things from You: Do not hold back from me before I die,
8 Remove vanity and the word of a lie far from me, do not give me poverty or riches; tear for me my portion of bread,
9 lest I become satisfied and deceive, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I become dispossessed and steal, and lay hold of the name of my God.
10 Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be guilty.
11 There is a generation that curses its father, and does not bless its mother,
12 a generation pure in its own eyes, and not washed from its filth.
13 There is a generation, Oh how high are its eyes, and its eyelids are lifted up;
14 a generation; its teeth are swords and its jaw teeth knives, to devour the humble ones from the earth, and the afflicted ones from among men.
15 To the leech are two daughters crying, Give! Give! Three things are not satisfied, four not have said, Enough!
16 Sheol, and the barren womb, the earth not filled with water, and the fire, these have not said, Enough!
17 The eye that mocks its father and despises to obey its mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the sons of the eagle shall eat it.
18 Three things are too wonderful for me; yea, I do not know the way of four:
19 The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a virgin.
20 So is the way of a woman doing adultery; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no iniquity.
21 The earth quakes under three things; yea, it is not able to bear up under four:
22 under a servant when he reigns, and a foolish one when he is filled with food,
23 under one hating when she is married, under a slave-girl when she is heir to her mistress.
24 Four things are little on the earth, but they are the wise ones of those made wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in summer;
26 rock badgers are not a mighty people, yet they make their house in the rock;
27 there is not a king to the locusts, yet they go out in a swarm, all of them;
28 the lizard you can take with the hands, yet it is in the palaces of a king.
29 There are three things that do good in a march; yea, four that go well in walking:
30 a lion is a mighty one among beasts, and he does not turn away from facing all;
31 one girded in the loins, and a hegoat, and a king; there is no rising up with him.
32 If you have been foolish in lifting yourself up, or if you plot evil, lay your hand on your mouth!
33 Surely the squeezing of milk brings curds, and the squeezing of the nose brings blood, so the squeezing of wrath brings out strife.
1 The words of King Lemuel, the burden that his mother taught him:
2 What, my son? And what, the son of my womb? And what, the son of my vows?
3 Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that wiping out kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to lust for fermented drink,
5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and pervert the right of all sons of affliction.
6 Give fermented drink to one perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul,
7 let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8 Open your mouth for the mute ones, to the cause of all the sons of those passing away.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the afflicted ones and the needy ones.
10 Who can find a woman of virtue? For her value is far above jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, so that he has no lack of gain.
12 She deals good with him, and not evil, all the days of her life.
13 She seeks wool and flax, and she works with her palms with delight.
14 She is like the merchant ships, she brings in her food from afar.
15 She also rises while it is still night and gives game to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She has examined a field and takes it; she plants a vineyard from the fruit of her palms.
17 She has girded her loins with strength, and has made her arms strong.
18 She tastes whether her gain is good; her lamp is not put out by night.
19 She has sent forth her hands on the distaff, and her palms have held the spindle.
20 She spreads out her palms to afflicted ones, yea, she stretches out her hands to the needy ones.
21 She does not fear for her household from the snow, for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She makes herself coverlets; her clothing is bleached linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates when he sits with the elders of the land.
24 She makes fine linen garments, and sells, and she delivers girdles to the merchant.
25 Strength and honor are her clothing, and she laughs at the day to come.
26 She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the law of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She watches the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also, for he praises her:
29 Many are the daughters who act with virtue, but you rise above them all!
30 Charm may be deceitful, and beauty vanity, but a woman who fears Jehovah, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.