1When thou shalt sit to eat with a…
2And put a knife to thy throat, if…
3Be not desirous of his meats, in which…
4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds…
5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which…
6Eat not with an envious man, and desire…
7Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh…
8The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt…
9Speak not in the ears of fools: because…
10Touch not the bounds of little ones: and…
11For their near kinsman is strong: and he…
12Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and…
13Withhold not correction from a child: for if…
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and…
15My son, if thy mind be wise, my…
16And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips…
17Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be…
18Because thou shalt have hope in the latter…
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and…
20Be not in the feasts of great drinkers,…
21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and…
22Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and…
23Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and…
24The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he…
25Let thy father, and thy mother be joyful,…
26My son, give me thy heart: and let…
27For a harlot is a deep ditch: and…
28She lieth in wait in the way as…
29Who hath woe? whose father hath woe? who…
30Surely they that pass their time in wine,…
31Look not upon the wine when it is…
32But in the end, it will bite like…
33Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy…
34And thou shalt be as one sleeping in…
35And thou shalt say: They have beaten me,…
