lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?

Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.

The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

The Lord says, “I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults.

Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!

We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat.

You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment in your hand.

But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.

I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!

if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site.”

Then he brought out gold, silver jewelry, and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave valuable gifts to her brother and to her mother.

May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

He said, “What pledge should I give you?” She replied, “Your seal, your cord, and the staff that’s in your hand.” So he gave them to her and had sex with her. She became pregnant by him.