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Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.