THE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;




5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding will attain unto wise counsels:


7 The fear of Yahowah is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8 My son, hear the instruction of Your father, and forsake not the law of Your mother:

9 For they will be an ornament of grace unto Your head, and chains about Your neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not.



13 We will find all precious substance, we will fill our houses with spoil:

14 Cast in Your lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not you in the way with them; refrain Your foot from their path:





20 Wisdom cries without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:


22 How long, You simple ones, will You love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?


24 Because I have called, and You refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

25 But You have set at nothing all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:



28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, but they will not find me:

29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahowah:


31 Therefore will they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.


33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me will dwell safely, and will be quiet from fear of evil.



MY son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you;

2 So that you incline yours ear unto wisdom, and apply yours heart to understanding;

3 Yea, if you criest after knowledge, and liftest up Your voice for understanding;

4 If you seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

5 Then will you understand the fear of Yahowah, and find the knowledge of Elohim.

6 For Yahowah giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.



9 Then will you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

10 When wisdom entereth into yours heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto Your soul;

11 Discretion will preserve you, understanding will keep you:





16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her Elohim.




21 For the upright will dwell in the land, and the perfect will remain in it.

22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.



MY son, forget not my law; but let yours heart keep my commandments:

2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, will they add to you.

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about Your neck; write them upon the table of yours heart:

4 So will you find favour and good understanding in the sight of Elohim and man.

5 Trust in Yahowah with all yours heart; and lean not unto yours own understanding.

6 In all Your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct Your paths.

7 Be not wise in yours own eyes: fear Yahowah, and depart from evil.

8 It will be health to Your navel, and marrow to Your bones.

9 Honour Yahowah with Your substance, and with the firstfruits of all yours increase:

10 So will Your barns be filled with plenty, and Your presses will burst out with new wine.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of Yahowah; neither be weary of his correction:

12 For whom Yahowah loves he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.


15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you canst desire are not to be compared unto her.




19 Yahowah by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he established the heavens.


21 My son, let not them depart from yours eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

22 So will they be life unto Your soul, and grace to Your neck.

23 Then will you walk in Your way safely, and Your foot will not stumble.

24 When you liest down, you will not be afraid: yea, you will lie down, and Your sleep will be sweet.


26 For Yahowah will be Your confidence, and will keep Your foot from being taken.

27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of yours hand to do it.

28 Say not unto Your neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when you have it by you.

29 Devise not evil against Your neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by you.

30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done you no harm.

31 Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

32 For the froward is abomination to Yahowah: but his secret is with the righteous.

33 The curse of Yahowah is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.


35 The wise will inherit glory: but shame will be the promotion of fools.



HEAR, You children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake You not my law.


4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let yours heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.


6 Forsake her not, and she will preserve you: love her, and she will keep you.

7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all Your getting get understanding.

8 Exalt her, and she will promote you: she will bring you to honour, when you dost embrace her.

9 She will give to yours head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory will she deliver to you.

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of Your life will be many.


12 When you goest, Your steps will not be straitened; and when you runnest, you will not stumble.

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is Your life.







20 My son, attend to my words; incline yours ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from yours eyes; keep them in the midst of yours heart.


23 Keep Your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

24 Put away from you a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.

25 Let yours eyes look right on, and let yours eyelids look straight before you.

26 Ponder the path of Your feet, and let all Your ways be established.

27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove Your foot from evil.



MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow yours ear to my understanding:

2 That you may regard discretion, and that Your lips may keep knowledge.




6 Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that you canst not know them.

7 Hear me now therefore, O You children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

8 Remove Your way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

9 Lest you give yours honour unto others, and Your years unto the cruel:

10 Lest strangers be filled with Your wealth; and Your labours be in the house of a stranger;

11 And you mourn at the last, when Your flesh and Your body are consumed,




15 Drink waters out of yours own cistern, and running waters out of yours own well.

16 Let Your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

17 Let them be only yours own, and not strangers’ with you.

18 Let Your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of Your youth.


20 And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahowah, and he pondereth all his goings.

22 His own iniquities will take the wicked himself, and he will be holden with the cords of his sins.

23 He will die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.



MY son, if you be surety for Your friend, if you have stricken Your hand with a stranger,

2 You are snared with the words of Your mouth, you are taken with the words of Your mouth.

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when you are come into the hand of Your friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure Your friend.

4 Give not sleep to yours eyes, nor slumber to yours eyelids.



7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,


9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of Your sleep?


11 So will Your poverty come as one that travelleth, and Your want as an armed man.

12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a froward mouth.



15 Therefore will his calamity come suddenly; suddenly will he be broken without remedy.

16 These six things does Yahowah hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:




20 My son, keep Your father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of Your mother:

21 Bind them continually upon yours heart, and tie them about Your neck.

22 When you goest, it will lead you; when you sleepest, it will keep you; and when you awakest, it will talk with you.



25 Lust not after her beauty in yours heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.




29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever touches her will not be innocent.


31 But if he be found, he will restore sevenfold; he will give all the substance of his house.


33 A wound and dishonour will he get; and his reproach will not be wiped away.


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



MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you.

2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of yours eye.

3 Bind them upon Your fingers, write them upon the table of yours heart.

4 Say unto wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding Your kinswoman:

5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.










15 Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek Your face, and I have found you.









24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O You children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

25 Let not yours heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.





DOTH not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?




5 O You simple, understand wisdom: and, You fools, be You of an understanding heart.

6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips will be right things.

7 For my mouth will speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.






13 The fear of Yahowah is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.


15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.


17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early will find me.





22 Yahowah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.










32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O You children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.



35 For whoso finds me finds life, and will obtain favour of Yahowah.




WISDOM has builded her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:

2 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.

3 She has sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the highest places of the city,

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she says to him,






10 The fear of Yahowah is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

11 For by me Your days will be multiplied, and the years of Your life will be increased.

12 If you be wise, you will be wise for thyself: but if you scornest, you alone will bear it.



15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:

16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she says to him,











7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked will rot.

8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool will fall.

9 He that walks uprightly walks surely: but he that perverteth his ways will be known.

10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool will fall.


12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.










22 The blessing of Yahowah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.


24 The fear of the wicked, it will come upon him: but the desire of the righteous will be granted.



27 The fear of Yahowah prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked will be shortened.

28 The hope of the righteous will be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

29 The way of Yahowah is strength to the upright: but destruction will be to the workers of iniquity.

30 The righteous will never be removed: but the wicked will not inhabit the earth.

31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue will be cut out.




A FALSE balance is abomination to Yahowah: but a just weight is his delight.


3 The integrity of the upright will guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors will destroy them.


5 The righteousness of the perfect will direct his way: but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them: but transgressors will be taken in their own naughtiness.

7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation will perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.


9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge will the just be delivered.






15 He that is surety for a stranger will smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.



18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness will be a sure reward.


20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to Yahowah: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked will not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.




25 The liberal soul will be made fat: and he that watereth will be watered also himself.

26 He that withholdeth corn, the people will curse him: but blessing will be upon the head of him that selleth it.

27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it will come unto him.

28 He that trusteth in his riches will fall: but the righteous will flourish as a branch.

29 He that troubleth his own house will inherit the wind: and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.


31 Behold, the righteous will be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.



WHOSO loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

2 A good man obtaineth favour of Yahowah: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

3 A man will not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous will not be moved.



6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous will stand.

8 A man will be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart will be despised.

9 He that is despised, and has a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.


11 He that tilleth his land will be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.


13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just will come out of trouble.

14 A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands will be rendered unto him.





19 The lip of truth will be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.


21 There will no evil happen to the just: but the wicked will be filled with mischief.

22 Lying lips are abomination to Yahowah: but they that deal truly are his delight.


24 The hand of the diligent will bear rule: but the slothful will be under tribute.







A WISE son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

2 A man will eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors will eat violence.

3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips will have destruction.

4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent will be made fat.



7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet has nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet has great riches.


9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.


11 Wealth gotten by vanity will be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour will increase.


13 Whoso despiseth the word will be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment will be rewarded.





18 Poverty and shame will be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof will be honoured.


20 He that walks with wise men will be wise: but a companion of fools will be destroyed.

21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good will be repayed.



24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loves him chasteneth him betimes.

25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked will want.



EVERY wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

2 He that walks in his uprightness feareth Yahowah: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise will preserve them.



6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.



10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.

11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright will flourish.



14 The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways: and a good man will be satisfied from himself.






20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich has many friends.

21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth will be to them that devise good.




26 In the fear of Yahowah is strong confidence: and his children will have a place of refuge.

27 The fear of Yahowah is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.




31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him has mercy on the poor.


33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.





A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.


3 The eyes of Yahowah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.





8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Yahowah: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto Yahowah: but he loves him that followeth after righteousness.

10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof will die.

11 Hell and destruction are before Yahowah: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

12 A scorner loves not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.


14 The heart of him that has understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.


16 Better is little with the fear of Yahowah than great treasure and trouble therewith.









25 Yahowah will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to Yahowah: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts will live.


29 Yahowah is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.




33 The fear of Yahowah is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.



THE preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from Yahowah.

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahowah weigheth the spirits.

3 Commit Your works unto Yahowah, and Your thoughts will be established.

4 Yahowah has made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahowah: though hand join in hand, he will not be unpunished.

6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of Yahowah men depart from evil.

7 When a man’s ways please Yahowah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.


9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but Yahowah directeth his steps.


11 A just weight and balance are Yahowah’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.









20 He that handleth a matter wisely will find good: and whoso trusteth in Yahowah, happy is he.

21 The wise in heart will be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.












33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of Yahowah.




2 A wise servant will have rule over a son that causeth shame, and will have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but Yahowah trieth the hearts.


5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities will not be unpunished.



8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.



11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.


13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.


15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to Yahowah.




19 He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

20 He that has a froward heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.







27 He that has knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.





2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.








10 The name of Yahowah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.










20 A man’s belly will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips will he be filled.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it will eat the fruit thereof.

22 Whoso finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtaineth favour of Yahowah.

23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

24 A man that has friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.





3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against Yahowah.


5 A false witness will not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies will not escape.



8 He that getteth wisdom loves his own soul: he that keepeth understanding will find good.

9 A false witness will not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies will perish.





14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from Yahowah.

15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways will die.

17 He that has pity upon the poor lendeth unto Yahowah; and that which he has given will he pay him again.

18 Chasten Your son while there is hope, and let not Your soul spare for his crying.

19 A man of great wrath will suffer punishment: for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.

20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in Your latter end.

21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of Yahowah, that will stand.


23 The fear of Yahowah tendeth to life: and he that has it will abide satisfied; he will not be visited with evil.












4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore will he beg in harvest, and have nothing.






10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to Yahowah.


12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahowah has made even both of them.

13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open yours eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

14 It is naught, it is naught, says the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.



17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.



20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness.

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof will not be blessed.

22 Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on Yahowah, and he will save you.

23 Divers weights are an abomination unto Yahowah; and a false balance is not good.

24 Man’s goings are of Yahowah; how can a man then understand his own way?



27 The spirit of man is the candle of Yahowah, searching all the inward parts of the belly.






THE king’s heart is in the hand of Yahowah, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but Yahowah pondereth the hearts.

3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to Yahowah than sacrifice.




7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.



10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.


12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but Elohim overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also will cry himself, but will not be heard.


15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction will be to the workers of iniquity.

16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding will remain in the congregation of the dead.

17 He that loves pleasure will be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil will not be rich.

18 The wicked will be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.



21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honour.







28 A false witness will perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.


30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahowah.

31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of Yahowah.




2 The rich and poor meet together: Yahowah is the maker of them all.


4 By humility and the fear of Yahowah are riches, and honour, and life.

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that does keep his soul will be far from them.



8 He that soweth iniquity will reap vanity: and the rod of his anger will fail.

9 He that has a bountiful eye will be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; yea, strife and reproach will cease.

11 He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

12 The eyes of Yahowah preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

13 The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I will be slain in the streets.

14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of Yahowah will fall therein.


16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, will surely come to want.

17 Bow down yours ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply yours heart unto my knowledge.

18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they will withal be fitted in Your lips.

19 That Your trust may be in Yahowah, I have made known to you this day, even to you.


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


23 For Yahowah will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you will not go:

25 Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to Your soul.


27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away Your bed from under you?

28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which Your fathers have set.

29 Seest you a man diligent in his business? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before mean men.



WHEN you sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

2 And put a knife to Your throat, if you be a man given to appetite.


4 Labour not to be rich: cease from yours own wisdom.

5 Wilt you set yours eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

6 Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats:


8 The morsel which you have eaten will you vomit up, and lose Your sweet words.

9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of Your words.


11 For their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause with you.

12 Apply yours heart unto instruction, and yours ears to the words of knowledge.

13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beatest him with the rod, he will not die.

14 You will beat him with the rod, and will deliver his soul from hell.

15 My son, if yours heart be wise, my heart will rejoice, even mine.

16 Yea, my reins will rejoice, when Your lips speak right things.

17 Let not yours heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of Yahowah all the day long.

18 For surely there is an end; and yours expectation will not be cut off.

19 Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide yours heart in the way.

20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty: and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

22 Hearken unto Your father that begat you, and despise not Your mother when she is old.


24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

25 Thy father and Your mother will be glad, and she that bare you will rejoice.

26 My son, give me yours heart, and let yours eyes observe my ways.





31 Look not you upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moves itself aright.


33 your eyes will behold strange women, and yours heart will utter perverse things.

34 Yea, you will be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

35 They have stricken me, will you say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when will I awake? I will seek it yet again.



BE not you envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.



4 And by knowledge will the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.


6 For by wise counsel you will make Your war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.


8 He that deviseth to do evil will be called a mischievous person.



11 If you forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

12 If you sayest, Behold, we knew it not; does not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth Your soul, does not he know it? and will not he render to every man according to his works?

13 My son, eat you honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to Your taste:

14 So will the knowledge of wisdom be unto Your soul: when you have found it, then there will be a reward, and Your expectation will not be cut off.


16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked will fall into mischief.

17 Rejoice not when yours enemy falleth, and let not yours heart be glad when he stumbleth:

18 Lest Yahowah see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be you envious at the wicked;

20 For there will be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked will be put out.

21 My son, fear you Yahowah and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

22 For their calamity will rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?


24 He that says unto the wicked, You are righteous; him will the people curse, nations will abhor him:

25 But to them that rebuke him will be delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.

26 Every man will kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

27 Prepare Your work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build yours house.

28 Be not a witness against Your neighbour without cause; and deceive not with Your lips.






34 So will Your poverty come as one that travelleth; and Your want as an armed man.




2 It is the glory of Elohim to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.


4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there will come forth a vessel for the finer.



7 For better it is that it be said unto you, Come up hither; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom yours eyes have seen.

8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when Your neighbour has put you to shame.

9 Debate Your cause with Your neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

10 Lest he that heareth it put you to shame, and yours infamy turn not away.







17 Withdraw Your foot from Your neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you.




21 If yours enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

22 For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and Yahowah will reward you.

23 The north wind driveth away rain: so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.









2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless will not come.








10 The great Elohim that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.


12 Seest you a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.


14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed.





19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and says, Am not I in sport?







26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness will be showed before the whole congregation.

27 Whoso diggeth a pit will fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.




BOAST not thyself of to morrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise you, and not yours own mouth; a stranger, and not yours own lips.



5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.




9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

10 your own friend, and Your father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into Your brother’s house in the day of Your calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.








18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree will eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master will be honoured.





23 Be you diligent to know the state of Your flocks, and look well to Your herds.

24 For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?


26 The lambs are for Your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

27 And you will have goats’ milk enough for Your food, for the food of Your household, and for the maintenance for Your maidens.



THE wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof will be prolonged.



5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek Yahowah understand all things.



8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he will gather it for him that will pity the poor.

9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer will be abomination.

10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he will fall himself into his own pit: but the upright will have good things in possession.

11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that has understanding searcheth him out.


13 He that covereth his sins will not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them will have mercy.

14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart will fall into mischief.


16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness will prolong his days.

17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person will flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

18 Whoso walks uprightly will be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

19 He that tilleth his land will have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons will have poverty enough.

20 A faithful man will abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich will not be innocent.


22 He that hasteth to be rich has an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty will come upon him.

23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards will find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in Yahowah will be made fat.

26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walks wisely, he will be delivered.

27 He that giveth unto the poor will not lack: but he that hideth his eyes will have many a curse.




HE, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.


3 Whoso loves wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.



6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice.







13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: Yahowah lighteneth both their eyes.

14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne will be established for ever.


16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous will see their fall.

17 Correct Your son, and he will give you rest; yea, he will give delight unto Your soul.



20 Seest you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child will have him become his son at the length.


23 A man’s pride will bring him low: but honour will uphold the humble in spirit.


25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in Yahowah will be safe.

26 Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from Yahowah.









6 Add you not unto his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.



9 Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is Yahowah? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my Elohim in vain.

10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and does not bless their mother.









20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.












32 If you have done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if you have thought evil, lay yours hand upon Your mouth.




THE words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.


3 Give not Your strength unto women, nor Your ways to that which destroyeth kings.





8 Open Your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

9 Open Your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.


11 The heart of her husband does safely trust in her, so that he will have no need of spoil.














25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she will rejoice in time to come.




29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but you excellest them all.

30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth Yahowah, she will be praised.
