1 When thou sittest 3427 to eat 3898 with a ruler 4910, consider 995 diligently 995 what is before 6440 thee:
2 And put 7760 a knife 7915 to thy throat 3930, if thou be a man given 1167 to appetite 5315.
3 Be not desirous 183 of his dainties 4303: for they are deceitful 3577 meat 3899.
4 Labour 3021 not to be rich 6238: cease 2308 from thine own wisdom 998.
5 Wilt thou set 5774 5774 thine eyes 5869 upon that which is not? for riches certainly 6213 make 6213 themselves wings 3671; they fly away 5774 5774 as an eagle 5404 toward heaven 8064.
6 Eat 3898 thou not the bread 3899 of him that hath an evil 7451 eye 5869, neither desire 183 thou his dainty meats 4303:
7 For as he thinketh 8176 in his heart 5315, so is he: Eat 398 and drink 8354, saith 559 he to thee; but his heart 3820 is not with thee.
8 The morsel 6595 which thou hast eaten 398 shalt thou vomit up 6958, and lose 7843 thy sweet 5273 words 1697.
9 Speak 1696 not in the ears 241 of a fool 3684: for he will despise 936 the wisdom 7922 of thy words 4405.
10 Remove 5253 not the old 5769 landmark 1366; and enter 935 not into the fields 7704 of the fatherless 3490:
11 For their redeemer 1350 is mighty 2389; he shall plead 7378 their cause 7379 with thee.
12 Apply 935 thine heart 3820 unto instruction 4148, and thine ears 241 to the words 561 of knowledge 1847.
13 Withhold 4513 not correction 4148 from the child 5288: for if thou beatest 5221 him with the rod 7626, he shall not die 4191.
14 Thou shalt beat 5221 him with the rod 7626, and shalt deliver 5337 his soul 5315 from hell 7585.
15 My son 1121, if thine heart 3820 be wise 2449, my heart 3820 shall rejoice 8055, even mine 589.
16 Yea, my reins 3629 shall rejoice 5937, when thy lips 8193 speak 1696 right things 4339.
17 Let not thine heart 3820 envy 7065 sinners 2400: but be thou in the fear 3374 of the LORD 3068 all the day 3117 long.
18 For surely there is 3426 an end 319; and thine expectation 8615 shall not be cut off 3772.
19 Hear 8085 thou, my son 1121, and be wise 2449, and guide 833 thine heart 3820 in the way 1870.
20 Be not among winebibbers 3196 5433; among riotous eaters 2151 of flesh 1320:
21 For the drunkard 5433 and the glutton 2151 shall come to poverty 3423: and drowsiness 5124 shall clothe 3847 a man with rags 7168.
22 Hearken 8085 unto thy father 1 that begat 3205 thee, and despise 936 not thy mother 517 when she is old 2204.
23 Buy 7069 the truth 571, and sell 4376 it not; also wisdom 2451, and instruction 4148, and understanding 998.
24 The father 1 of the righteous 6662 shall greatly 1524 rejoice 1523: and he that begetteth 3205 a wise 2450 child shall have joy 8055 of him.
25 Thy father 1 and thy mother 517 shall be glad 8055, and she that bare 3205 thee shall rejoice 1523.
26 My son 1121, give 5414 me thine heart 3820, and let thine eyes 5869 observe 7521 5341 my ways 1870.
27 For a whore 2181 is a deep 6013 ditch 7745; and a strange 5237 woman is a narrow 6862 pit 875.
28 She also lieth in wait 693 as for a prey 2863, and increaseth 3254 the transgressors 898 among men 120.
29 Who hath woe 188? who hath sorrow 17? who hath contentions 4079? 4066 who hath babbling 7879? who hath wounds 6482 without cause 2600? who hath redness 2448 of eyes 5869?
30 They that tarry long 309 at the wine 3196; they that go 935 to seek 2713 mixed wine 4469.
31 Look 7200 not thou upon the wine 3196 when it is red 119, when it giveth 5414 his colour 5869 in the cup 3563 3599, when it moveth 1980 itself aright 4339.
32 At the last 319 it biteth 5391 like a serpent 5175, and stingeth 6567 like an adder 6848.
33 Thine eyes 5869 shall behold 7200 strange women 2114, and thine heart 3820 shall utter 1696 perverse things 8419.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down 7901 in the midst 3820 of the sea 3220, or as he that lieth 7901 upon the top 7218 of a mast 2260.
35 They have stricken 5221 me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick 2470; they have beaten 1986 me, and I felt 3045 it not: when shall I awake 6974? I will seek 1245 it yet 3254 again.