lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live.”

lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

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

lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.

Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say, “Our power is great, and the Lord has not done all this!”’

Don’t report it in Gath, don’t spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate!

When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’

Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.

Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it.

lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

lest the Lord see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.

Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.