under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,

rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;

Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.

let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

She obtains wool and flax, and she is pleased to work with her hands.

She begins her work vigorously, and she strengthens her arms.

for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,

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

Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,

There are six things that the Lord hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:

A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

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