who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.

Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;

I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”

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

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

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

Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known even in the heart of fools.

I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.

The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

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