For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”

because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

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

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

The leech has two daughters: “Give! Give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough” –

Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,

None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.

Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

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