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.

We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity – every good way.

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

Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.

by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death.”

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

The righteous do not encounter any harm, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

The Lord works everything for its own ends – even the wicked for the day of disaster.