May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

I will give you sincere thanks, when I learn your just regulations.

There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king’s dynasty will continue.

(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

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

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

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

As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.

When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.