Mishlei - Proverbs1

1The proverbs of Shlomo (Solomon) [Peace] the son of David [Beloved], king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel of God];
2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8My son, hear the instruction of youi father, and forsake not the law of youi mother:
9For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto youi head, and chains about youi neck.
10My son, if sinners entice youi, consent youi not.
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow (to approve, commend, accept) them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil (plunder; prey; booty):
14Cast in youi Lot [Covering] among us; let us all have one purse:
15My son, walk not youi in the way with them; refrain youi foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk secretly for their [own] lives.
19So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] takes away the life of the owners thereof.
20Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
21She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, [saying],
22How long, you2f simple ones, will you2f love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23Turn you at my reproof (rebuke; scolding): behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24Because I have called, and you2f refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25But you2f have set at nothing (despised) all my counsel, and would none of my reproof (rebuke; scolding):
26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]:
30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof (rebuke; scolding).
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33But whoso hearkens unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
1My son, if youi will receive my words, and hide my commandments with youi;
2So that youi incline youi ear unto wisdom, [and] apply youi heart to understanding;
3Yea, if youi cry after knowledge, [and] lifts up youi voice for understanding;
4If youi seek her as silver, and searches for her as [for] hid treasures;
5Then shall youi understand the fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], and find the knowledge of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].
6For the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] gives wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
7He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler (round shielf held with a grip) to them that walk uprightly.
8He keeps the paths of judgment, and preserves the way of his saints.
9Then shall youi understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
10When wisdom enters into youi heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto youi soul;
11Discretion shall preserve youi, understanding shall keep youi:
12To deliver youi from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaks perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] things;
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] in their paths:
16To deliver youi from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flatters with her words;
17Which forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].
18For her house inclines unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20That youi may walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
1My son, forget not my law; but let youi heart keep my commandments:
2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to youi.
3Let not mercy and tforsake youi: bind them about youi neck; write them upon the table of youi heart:
4So shall youi find favour and good understanding in the sight of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] and man.
5Trust in the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] with all youi heart; and lean not unto youi own understanding.
6In all youi ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct youi paths.
7Be not wise in youi own eyes: fear the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], and depart from evil.
8It shall be health to youi navel, and marrow to youi bones.
9Honour the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] with youi substance, and with the firstfruits of all youi increase:
10So shall youi barns be filled with plenty, and youi presses shall burst out with new wine.
11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]; neither be weary of his correction:
12For whom the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] loves he corrects; even as a father the son [in whom] he delights.
13Happy [is] the man [that] finds wisdom, and the man [that] gets understanding.
14For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things youi can desire are not to be compared unto her.
16Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.
17Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.
18She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retains her.
19The LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he established the heavens.
20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
21My son, let not them depart from youi eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22So shall they be life unto youi soul, and grace to youi neck.
23Then shall youi walk in youi way safely, and youi foot shall not stumble.
24When youi lay down, youi shall not be afraid: yea, youi shall lie down, and youi sleep shall be sweet.
25Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
26For the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] shall be youi confidence, and shall keep youi foot from being taken.
27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of youri hand to do [it].
28Say not unto youri neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when youi have it by youi.
29Devise not evil against youi neighbour, seeing he dwells securely by youi.
30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done youi no harm.
31Envy youi not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
32For the perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] [is] abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but his secret [is] with the righteous.
33The curse of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just.
34Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace unto the lowly.
35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
1Hear, you2f children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2For I give you good doctrine, forsake you2f not my law.
3For I was my father’s son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.
4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let youi heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve youi: love her, and she shall keep youi.
7Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all youi getting get understanding.
8Exalt her, and she shall promote youi: she shall bring youi to honour, when youi do embrace her.
9She shall give to youi head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to youi.
10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of youi life shall be many.
11I have taught youi in the way of wisdom; I have led youi in right paths.
12When youi go, youri steps shall not be straitened (impeded or restricted; narrowed, distressed); and when youi run, youi shall not stumble.
13Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] youri life.
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].
15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20My son, attend to my words; incline youi ear unto my sayings.
21Let them not depart from youi eyes; keep them in the midst of youi heart.
22For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23Keep youi heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
24Put away from youi a perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] mouth, and perverse lips put far from youi.
25Let youi eyes look right on, and let youi eyelids look straight before youi.
26Ponder the path of youi feet, and let all youi ways be established.
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove youi foot from evil.
1My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow youi ear to my understanding:
2That youi may regard discretion, and [that] youi lips may keep knowledge.
3For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6Lest youi should ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] youi cannot know [them].
7Hear me now therefore, O you2f children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8Remove youi way far from her, and come not near the door of her house:
9Lest youi give youi honour unto others, and youi years unto the cruel:
10Lest strangers be filled with youi wealth; and youi labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
11And youi mourn at the last, when youi flesh and youi body are consumed,
12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof (rebuke; scolding);
13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15Drink waters out of youi own cistern, and running waters out of youri own well.
16Let youi fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
17Let them be only youi own, and not strangers’ with youi.
18Let youi fountain be Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous): and rejoice with the wife of youi youth.
19[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy youi at all times; and be youi ravished always with her love.
20And why will youi, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], and he ponders all his goings.
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
1My son, if youi be surety for youi friend, [if] youi have stricken youi hand with a stranger,
2youi are snared with the words of youi mouth, youi are taken with the words of youi mouth.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when youi are come into the hand of youi friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure youi friend.
4Give not sleep to youi eyes, nor slumber to youi eyelids.
5Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, youi sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8Provides her meat in the summer, [and] gathers her food in the harvest.
9How long will youi sleep, O sluggard? when will youi arise out of youi sleep?
10[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall youi poverty come as one that travels, and youi lack as an armed man.
12A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] mouth.
13He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers;
14Frowardness [is] in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16These six [things] does the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:
17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19A false witness [that] speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.
20My son, keep youi father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of youi mother:
21Bind them continually upon youi heart, [and] tie them about youi neck.
22When youi go, it shall lead youi; when youi sleep, it shall keep youi; and [when] youi awake, it shall talk with youi.
23For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
24To keep youi from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25Lust not after her beauty in youi heart; neither let her take youi with her eyelids.
26For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29So he that goes in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever touches her shall not be innocent.
30[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32[But] whoso commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he [that] does it destroys his own soul.
33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach (disgrace; shame) shall not be wiped away.
34For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though youi give many gifts.
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with youi.
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of youi eye.
3Bind them upon youi fingers, write them upon the table of youi heart.
4Say unto wisdom, youi [are] my sister; and call understanding [youi] kinswoman:
5That they may keep youi from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flatters with her words.
6For at the window of my house I looked through my window,
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart.
11(She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
13So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent (shameless; without modesty) face said unto him,
14[I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
15Therefore came I forth to meet youi, diligently to seek youi face, and I have found youi.
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place].
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20He has taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and knows not that it [is] for his life.
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O you2f children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Let not youi heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26For she has cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
27Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
1Does not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.
5O you2f simple, understand wisdom: and, you2f fools, be you2f of an understanding heart.
6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.
8All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] or perverse in them.
9They [are] all plain to him that understands, and right to them that find knowledge.
10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
13The fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] mouth, do I hate.
14Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.
15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the of the earth.
17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
18Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches and righteousness.
19My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22The LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.
25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
27When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass (go around, encircle; encompass) upon the face of the depth:
28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;
31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
32Now therefore hearken unto me, O you2f children: for Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [are they that] keep my ways.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [is] the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35For whoso finds me finds life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
36But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
1Wisdom has built her house, she has cut out her seven pillars:
2She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.
3She has sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the highest places of the city,
4Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in here: [as for] him that wants understanding, she says to him,
5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.
6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked [man gets] himself a blot.
8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate youi: rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) a wise man, and he will love youi.
9Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
11For by me youi days shall be multiplied, and the years of youi life shall be increased.
12If youi be wise, youi shall be wise for yourself: but [if] youi scorn, youi alone shall bear [it].
13A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knows nothing.
14For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in here: and [as for] him that wants understanding, she says to him,
17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
18But he knows not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
1The proverbs of Shlomo (Solomon) [Peace]. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.
3The LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.
4He becomes poor that deals [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
5He that gathers in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleeps in harvest [is] a son that causes shame.
6Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
7The memory of the just [is] Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous): but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a babbling (chattering) fool shall fall.
9He that walks uprightly walks surely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.
10He that winks with the eye causes sorrow: but a babbling (chattering) fool shall fall.
11The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
12Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins.
13In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
15The rich man’s wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
16The labour of the righteous [tends] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17He [is in] the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof (rebuke; scolding) errs.
18He that hides hatred [with] lying lips, and he that utters a slander, [is] a fool.
19In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips [is] wise.
20The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.
21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.
22The blessing of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
23[It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding has wisdom.
24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
25As the whirlwind passes, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
27The fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
28The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29The way of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] tongue shall be cut out.
32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaks] frowardness.
1A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but a just weight [is] his delight.
2[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.
3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.
5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
7When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perishes.
8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
9An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroys his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.
11By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
12He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbour: but a man of understanding holds his peace.
13A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
14Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors [there is] safety.
15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hates self-assurance is sure.
16A gracious woman retains honour: and strong [men] retain riches.
17The merciful man does good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubles his own flesh.
18The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
19As righteousness [tends] to life: so he that pursues evil [pursues it] to his own death.
20They that are of a perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] heart [are] abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.
21[Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
22[As] a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.
23The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
24There is that scatters, and yet increases; and [there is] that withholds more than is meet, but [it tends] to poverty.
25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.
26He that withholds corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that sells [it].
27He that diligently seeks good procures favour: but he that seeks mischief, it shall come unto him.
28He that trusts in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
30The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that wins souls [is] wise.
31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
1Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof (rebuke; scolding) [is] “stupid as a beast”.
2A good [man] obtains favour of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
5The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
6The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9[He that is] despised, and has a servant, [is] better than he that honours himself, and lacks bread.
10A righteous [man] regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
11He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain [persons is] void of understanding.
12The wicked desires the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yields [fruit].
13The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
15The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel [is] wise.
16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covers shame.
17[He that] speaks tshows forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
18There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
19The lip of tshall be established forever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
20Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace [is] joy.
21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
22Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
23A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaim foolishness.
24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
25Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.
26The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduces them.
27The slothful [man] roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
28In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.
1A wise son [hears] his father’s instruction: but a scorner hears not rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain).
2A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
3He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: [but] he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
4The soul of the sluggard desires, and [has] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5A righteous [man] hates lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
6Righteousness keeps [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
7There is that makes himself rich, yet [has] nothing: [there is] that makes himself poor, yet [has] great riches.
8The ransom of a man’s life [are] his riches: but the poor hears not rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain).
9The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.
11Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labour shall increase.
12Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
13Whoso despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
14The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
15Good understanding gives favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
16Every prudent [man] deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open [his] folly.
17A wicked messenger falls into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.
18Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof (rebuke; scolding) shall be honoured.
19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.
20He that walks with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
21Evil pursues sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
22A good [man] leaves an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.
23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for lack of judgment.
24He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early.
25The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall lack.
1Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
2He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despises him.
3In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.
5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6A scorner seeks wisdom, and [finds it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understands.
7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when youi perceives not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
8The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.
10The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.
11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that gladness [is] heaviness.
14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looks well to his going.
16A wise [man] fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
17[He that is] soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [has] many friends.
21He that despises his neighbour sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.
23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.
24The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
25A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful [witness] speaks lies.
26In the fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27The fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28In the multitude of people [is] the king’s honour: but in the lack of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
29[He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalts folly.
30A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honours him has mercy on the poor.
32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
33Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
34Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin [is] a reproach (disgrace; shame) to any people.
35The king’s favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causes shame.
1A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright (in the right way): but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
3The eyes of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
4A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet) in the spirit.
5A fool despises his father’s instruction: but he that regards reproof (rebuke; scolding) is prudent.
6In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [does] not so.
8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
9The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but he loves him that follows after righteousness.
10Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsakes the way: [and] he that hates reproof (rebuke; scolding) shall die.
11Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
12A scorner loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise.
13A merry heart makes a cheerful Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor): but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
14The heart of him that has understanding seeks knowledge: but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
15All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [has] a continual feast.
16Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
18A wrathful man stirs up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeases strife.
19The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
20A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.
21Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!
24The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
25The LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
26The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.
27He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live.
28The heart of the righteous studies to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
29The LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
30The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: [and] a good report makes the bones fat.
31The ear that hears the reproof (rebuke; scolding) of life abides among the wise.
32He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof (rebuke; scolding) gets understanding.
33The fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.
1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
2All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] weighs the spirits.
3Commit youi works unto the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], and youi thoughts shall be established.
4The LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] has made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6By mercy and tiniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [men] depart from evil.
7When a man’s ways please the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
9A man’s heart devises his way: but the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] directs his steps.
10A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment.
11A just weight and balance [are] the LORD-Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.
12[It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
13Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks right.
14The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
15In the light of the king’s Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor) [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.
16How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
17The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.
18Pride [goes] before destruction, and an arrogant (proud; lifted up) spirit before a fall.
19Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) with the proud.
20He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusts in the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], happy [is] he.
21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
22Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that has it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
24Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
26He that labours labours for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.
27An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.
28A perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.
29A violent man entices his neighbour, and leads him into the way [that is] not good.
30He shuts his eyes to devise perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.
31The white colored (white or gray with age) head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.
32[He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
33The Lot [Covering] is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
1Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] tries the hearts.
4A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; [and] a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.
5Whoso mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6Children’s children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.
7Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: to wherever it turns, it prospers.
9He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates [very] friends.
10A reproof (rebuke; scolding) enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11An evil [man] seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife [is as] when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
16For what reason [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he has] no heart [to it]?
17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18A man void of understanding strikes hands, [and] becomes surety in the presence of his friend.
19He loves transgression that loves strife: [and] he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.
20He that has a perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
21He that begets a fool [does it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
22A merry heart does good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
23A wicked [man] takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24Wisdom [is] before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
27He that has knowledge spares his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shuts his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks [and] intermeddles with all wisdom.
2A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover (uncover; reveal; have first sight of) itself.
3When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with contempt (shame; dishonor) reproach (disgrace; shame).
4The words of a man’s mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
5[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes.
7A fool’s mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
8The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
10The name of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.
11The rich man’s wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
12Before destruction the heart of man is arrogant (proud; lifted up), and before honour [is] humility.
13He that answers a matter before he hears [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.
14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
15The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
17[He that is] first in his own cause [seems] just; but his neighbour cometh and searches him.
18The Lot [Covering] causes contentions to cease, and parts between the mighty.
19A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
20A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22[Whoso] finds a wife finds a good [thing], and obtains favour of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
23The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly.
24A man [that has] friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticks closer than a brother.
1Better [is] the poor that walks in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hastes with [his] feet sins.
3The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
4Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaks lies shall not escape.
6Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that gives gifts.
7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues [them with] words, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].
8He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good.
9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaks lies shall perish.
10Delight is not seemly (fitting; proper) for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11The discretion of a man defers his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.
12The king’s wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
13A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
14House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; [but] he that despises his ways shall die.
17He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]; and that which he has given will he pay him again.
18Chasten youi son while there is hope, and let not youi soul spare for his crying.
19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if youi deliver [him], yet youi must do it again.
20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that youi may be wise in youi latter end.
21[There are] many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], that shall stand.
22The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.
23The fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [tends] to life: and [he that has it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24A slothful [man] hides his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that has understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
26He that wastes [his] father, [and] chases away [his] mother, [is] a son that causes shame, and brings reproach (disgrace; shame).
27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causes] to err from the words of knowledge.
28An ungodly witness scorns judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
1Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provokes him to anger sins [against] his own soul.
3[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
5Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7The just [man] walks in his integrity: his children [are] Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) after him.
8A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10Diverse weights, [and] diverse measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] has made even both of them.
13Love not sleep, lest youi come to poverty; open youi eyes, [and] youi shall be satisfied with bread.
14[It is] nothing (bad; vain), [it is] nothing (bad; vain), says the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
16Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18[Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19He that goes about [as] a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.
20Whoso corsets his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous).
22Say not youi, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], and he shall save youi.
23Diverse weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]; and a false balance [is] not good.
24Man’s goings [are] of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]; how can a man then understand his own way?
25[It is] a snare to the man [who] devours [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
26A wise king scatters the wicked, and brings the wheel over them.
27The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28Mercy and tpreserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
29The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
30The blueness of a wound cleanses away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
1The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], [as] the rivers of water: he turns it to wherever he will.
2Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] ponders the hearts.
3To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] than sacrifice.
4An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.
5The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to lack.
6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
8The way of man [is] perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition] and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
9[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10The soul of the wicked desires evil: his neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.
11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
12The righteous [man] wisely considers the house of the wicked: [but God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]] overthrows the wicked for [their] wickedness.
13Whoso stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
14A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15[It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
16The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
17He that loves pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
18The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
19[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious (loving to quarrel and angrily debate) and an angry woman.
20[There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up.
21He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honour.
22A wise [man] scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the strength of the confidence thereof.
23Whoso keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
24Proud [and] arrogant (proud; lifted up) scorner [is] his name, who deals in proud wrath.
25The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.
26He covets greedily all the day long: but the righteous gives and spares not.
27The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he brings it with a wicked mind?
28A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears speaks constantly.
29A wicked man hardens his face: but [as for] the upright, he directs his way.
30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
31The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
1A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] the maker of them all.
3A prudent [man] foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4By humility [and] the fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [are] riches, and honour, and life.
5Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse (twisted) [habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition]: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.
8He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
9He that has a bountiful eye shall be Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous); for he gives of his bread to the poor.
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach (disgrace; shame) shall cease.
11He that loves pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
12The eyes of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
13The slothful [man] says, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] shall fall therein.
15Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16He that oppresses the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that gives to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to lack.
17Bow down youi ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply youi heart unto my knowledge.
18For [it is] a pleasant thing if youi keep them within youi; they shall withal be fitted in youi lips.
19That youi trust may be in the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], I have made known to youi this day, even to youi.
20Have not I written to youi excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21That I might make youi know the certainty of the words of truth; that youi might answer the words of tto them that send unto youi?
22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23For the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] will plead their cause, and spoil (plunder; prey; booty) the soul of those that spoiled them.
24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man youi shall not go:
25Lest youi learn his ways, and get a snare to youi soul.
26Be not youi [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
27If youi have nothing to pay, why should he take away youi bed from under youi?
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which youi fathers have set.
29See youi a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].
1When youi sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before youi:
2And put a knife to youi throat, if youi [be] a man given to appetite.
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
4Labour not to be rich: cease from youi own wisdom.
5Will youi set youi eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6Eat youi not the bread of [him that has] an evil eye, neither desire youi his dainty meats:
7For as he thinks in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, says he to youi; but his heart [is] not with youi.
8The morsel [which] youi have eaten shall youi vomit up, and lose youi sweet words.
9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of youi words.
10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with youi.
12Apply youi heart unto instruction, and youi ears to the words of knowledge.
13Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] youi beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
14youi shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from hell.
15My son, if youi heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16Yea, my reins (literally, kidneys; figuratively, seat of emotion) shall rejoice, when youi lips speak right things.
17Let not youi heart envy sinners: but [be youi] in the fear of the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] all the day long.
18For surely there is an end; and youi expectation shall not be cut off.
19Hear youi, my son, and be wise, and guide youi heart in the way.
20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
22Hearken unto youi father that begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) youi, and despise not youi mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
25You1s father and youi mother shall be glad, and she that bare youi shall rejoice.
26My son, give me youi heart, and let youi eyes observe my ways.
27For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
28She also lies in wait as [for] a prey, and increases the transgressors among men.
29Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?
30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31Look not youi upon the wine when it is red, when it gives his colour in the cup, [when] it moves itself aright (in the right way).
32At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
33You1s eyes shall behold strange women, and youi heart shall utter perverse things.
34Yea, youi shall be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast.
35They have stricken me, [shall youi say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
1Be not youi envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
2For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
3Through wisdom is an house built; and by understanding it is established:
4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
5A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increases strength.
6For by wise counsel youi shall make youi war: and in multitude of counselors [there is] safety.
7Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he opens not his mouth in the gate.
8He that devises to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
9The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.
10[If] youi faint in the day of adversity, youi strength [is] small.
11If youi refrain (restrain; refrein from acting) to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
12If youi say, Behold, we knew it not; does not he that ponders the heart consider [it]? and he that keeps youi soul, does [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
13My son, eat youi honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to youi taste:
14So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto youi soul: when youi have found [it], then there shall be a reward, and youi expectation shall not be cut off.
15Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil (plunder; prey; booty) not his resting place:
16For a just [man] falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
17Rejoice not when youri enemy falls, and let not youri heart be glad when he stumbles:
18Lest the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19Be troubled (be grieved; be displeased) not yourself because of evil [men], neither be youi envious at the wicked;
20For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
21My son, fear youi the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knows the ruin of them both?
23These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24He that says unto the wicked, youi [are] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25But to them that rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
26[Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that gives a right answer.
27Prepare youi work without, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build youi house.
28Be not a witness against youi neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with youi lips.
29Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.
33[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34So shall youri poverty come [as] one that travels; and youri lack as an armed man.
1These [are] also proverbs of Shlomo (Solomon) [Peace], which the men of Hezekiah king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] copied out.
2[It is] the glory of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.
3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.
4Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
5Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
6Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men]:
7For better [it is] that it be said unto youi, Come up here; than that youi should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom youi eyes have seen.
8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [youi know not] what to do in the end thereof, when youi neighbour has put youi to shame.
9Debate youi cause with youi neighbour [himself]; and discover (uncover; reveal; have first sight of) not a secret to another:
10Lest he that hears [it] put youi to shame, and youi infamy turn not away.
11A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
14Whoso boasts himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.
15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.
16Hast youi found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for youi, lest youi be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17Withdraw youi foot from youi neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of youi, and [so] hate youi.
18A man that bears false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul (mallet, heavy hammer or club), and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20[As] he that takes away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon Nitre (sodium nitrate, as in gunpowder), so [is] he that sings songs to an heavy heart.
21If youi enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22For youi shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] shall reward youi.
23The north wind drives away rain: so [does] an angry Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor) a backbiting (evil speaking; slandering) tongue.
24[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.
26A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
27[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
28He that [has] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.
1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly (fitting; proper) for a fool.
2As the bird by wandering, as the swallow (to approve, commend, accept) by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest youi also be like unto him.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6He that send a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, [and] drink damage.
7The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
8As he that binds a stone in a sling, so [is] he that gives honour to a fool.
9[As] a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
10The great [God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]] that formed all [things] both rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.
11As a dog returns to his vomit, [so] a fool returns to his folly.
12See youi a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
13The slothful [man] says, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.
14[As] the door turns upon his hinges, so [does] the slothful upon his bed.
15The slothful hides his hand in [his] bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
16The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
17He that passes by, [and] meddles with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that takes a dog by the ears.
18As a mad [man] who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,
19So [is] the man [that] deceives his neighbour, and says, Am not I in sport?
20Where no wood is, [there] the fire goes out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceases.
21[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious (loving to quarrel and angrily debate) man to kindle strife.
22The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd (piece of broken pottery) covered with silver dross.
24He that hates dissembles with his lips, and lays up deceit within him;
25When he speaks fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.
26[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed before the [whole] congregation.
27Whoso digs a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
28A lying tongue hates [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
1Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for youi know not what a day may bring forth.
2Let another man praise youi, and not youi own mouth; a stranger, and not youi own lips.
3A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.
4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
5Open rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) [is] better than secret love.
6Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
7The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so [is] a man that wanders from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [does] the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10You1s own friend, and youi father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into youi brother’s house in the day of youi calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
12A prudent [man] foresees the evil, [and] hides himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious (loving to quarrel and angrily debate) woman are alike.
16Whosoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] betrays [itself].
17Just as iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor) of his friend.
18Whoso keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.
19As in water face [answers] to face, so the heart of man to man.
20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21[As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
22Though youi should pound on a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
23Be youi diligent to know the state of youi flocks, [and] look well to youi herds.
24For riches [are] not forever: and does the crown [endure] to every generation?
25The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26The lambs [are] for youi clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
27And [youi shall have] goats’ milk enough for youi food, for the food of youi household, and [for] the maintenance for youi maidens.
1The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
2For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.
3A poor man that oppresses the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
5Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] understand all [things].
6Better [is] the poor that walks in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
7Whoso keeps the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shames his father.
8He that by usury (interest paid for using money) and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
9He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination.
10Whoso causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.
11The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that has understanding searches him out.
12When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
13He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesses and forsakes [them] shall have mercy.
14Happy [is] the man that fears always: but he that hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
15[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.
16The prince that wants understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hates covetousness shall prolong [his] days.
17A man that does violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man support (uphold).
18Whoso walks uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.
19He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
21To have respect of persons [is] not good: for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.
22He that hastes to be rich [has] an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.
23He that rebukes a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.
24Whoso robs his father or his mother, and says, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.
25He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife: but he that puts his trust in the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] shall be made fat.
26He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
27He that gives unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
1He, that being often reproved hardens [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.
3Whoso loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots spends [his] substance.
4The king by judgment establishes the land: but he that receives gifts overthrows it.
5A man that flatters his neighbour spreads a net for his feet.
6In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice.
7The righteous considers the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regards not to know [it].
8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.
9[If] a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
10The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
11A fool utters all his mind: but a wise [man] keeps it in till afterwards.
12If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.
13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] lightens both their eyes.
14The king that faithfully the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
15The rod and reproof (rebuke; scolding) give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] brings his mother to shame.
16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases: but the righteous shall see their fall.
17Correct youi son, and he shall give youi rest; yea, he shall give delight unto youi soul.
18Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy [is] he.
19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
20See youi a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
21He that delicately brings up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.
22An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
24Whoso is partner with a thief hates his own soul: he hears cursing, and betrays [it] not.
25The fear of man brings a snare: but whoso puts his trust in the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] shall be safe.
26Many seek the ruler’s favour; but [every] man’s judgment [cometh] from the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].
27An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.
1The words of Agur [Gathered] the son of Yakeh [Blameless], [even] the prophecy: the man spoke unto Iti’el [God is with me], even unto Iti’el [God is with me] and Ukhal [Devoured],
2Surely I [am] more “stupid as a beast” than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.
3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son’s name, if youi can tell?
5Every word of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6Add youi not unto his words, lest he reprove youi, and youi be found a liar.
7Two [things] have I required of youi; deny me [them] not before I die:
8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient (fit; appropriate; proper (one’s own; peculiar; particular)) for me:
9Lest I be full, and deny [youi], and say, Who [is] the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] [in vain].
10Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse youi, and youi be found guilty.
11[There is] a generation [that] curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
12[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.
13[There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
15The horseleach has two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:
16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] says not, [It is] enough.
17The 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.
18There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
21For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:
22For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:
25The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
29There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are comely (attractive; proper (one’s own; peculiar; particular); becoming) in going:
30A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any;
31A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.
32If youi have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if youi have thought evil, [lay] youi hand upon youi mouth.
33Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
1The words of king L’mu’el [For God], the prophecy that his mother taught him.
2What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3Give not youi strength unto women, nor youi ways to that which destroys kings.
4[It is] not for kings, O L’mu’el [For God], [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8Open youi mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
9Open youi mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
11The heart of her husband does safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil (plunder; prey; booty).
12She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13She seeks wool, and flax, and works willingly with her hands.
14She is like the merchants’ ships; she brings her food from afar.
15She rises also while it is yet night, and gives meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
17She girds her loins (thigh and groin area; often used for the reproductive organs) with strength, and strengthens her arms.
18She perceives that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goes not out by night.
19She lays her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20She stretches out her hand to the poor; yea, she reaches forth her hands to the needy.
21She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.
22She makes herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.
23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
24She makes fine linen, and sells [it]; and delivers girdles unto the merchant.
25Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26She opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.
27She looks well to the ways of her household, and eats not the bread of idleness.
28Her children arise up, and call her Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous); her husband [also], and he praises her.
29Many daughters have done virtuously, but youi excels them all.
30Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] fears the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], she shall be praised.
31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

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