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

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.

Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.

Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

…for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.

…and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.

My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.

For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

…for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,

…do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

…lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your infamy never go away.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.

Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.

Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.

Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works: