To receive moral instruction in skillful living, in righteousness, justice, and equity.

lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,

Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.”

Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for strangers, hold him in pledge.

When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.

She considers a field and buys it; from her own income she plants a vineyard.

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!