so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

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

That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!

Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let’s delight ourselves with sexual intercourse.

She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.

When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,

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

by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,