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,book #bj ,proverbs  #jja3jja ,the      
proverbs of ,solomon1 the son of ,david1
 king of ,israel3  #jja3jjb to know     
wisdom and instruction2 to discern the  
words of understanding2  #jja3jjc to    
receive instruction in wise dealing1 in 
righteousness1          justice1 and    
equity2  #jja3jjd to give prudence to   
the simple1 knowledge and discretion    
to the young man3  #jja3jje that the    
wise man may hear1 and increase in      
learning2          that the man of      
understanding may attain to sound       
counsel3  #jja3jjf to understand a      
proverb1 and parables1 the words and    
riddles          of the wise4  #jja3jjg 
,the fear of ,yahweh is the beginning of
 knowledge2 but the foolish             
despise wisdom and instruction4         
#jja3jjh ,my son1 listen to your        
father's instruction1 and don't forsake 
your mother's teaching3  #jja3jji for   
they will be a garland to grace your    

head1 and chains          around your   
neck4  #jja3jaj ,my son1 if sinners     
entice you1 don't consent4  #jja3jaa ,if
 they say1 ,come with us1 ,let's lay in 
wait for blood2          let's lurk     
secretly for the innocent without cause2
  #jja3jab let's swallow them up alive  
like ,sheol1 and whole1 like those      
who go down into the pit4  #jja3jac     
,we'll find all valuable wealth4  ,we'll
 fill our houses with spoil4  #jja3jad  
,you shall cast your lot among us4      
,we'll all have one purse4  #jja3jae ,my
 son1 don't walk in the way with them4  
,keep your foot          from their     
path1  #jja3jaf for their feet run to   
evil4  ,they hurry to shed blood4       
#jja3jag ,for in vain is the net spread 
in the sight of any bird3  #jja3jah but 
these lay wait for their own blood4     
,they lurk secretly          for their  
own lives4  #jja3jai ,so are the ways of
 everyone who is greedy for gain4       
,it takes away the life of its owners4  
#jja3jbj ,wisdom calls aloud in the     

street4  ,she utters her voice          
in the public squares4  #jja3jba ,she   
calls at the head of noisy places4  ,at 
the entrance          of the city gates1
 she utters her words3  #jja3jbb ,how   
long1 you simple ones1 will you love    
simplicity8          ,how long will     
mockers delight themselves in mockery1  
and fools hate knowledge8  #jja3jbc     
,turn at my reproof4  ,behold1 ,i will  
pour out my spirit on you4          ,i  
will make known my words to you4        
#jja3jbd ,because ,i have called1 and   
you have refused2 ,i have stretched     
out my hand1 and no one has paid        
attention2  #jja3jbe but you have       
ignored all my counsel1 and wanted none 
of my reproof2  #jja3jbf ,i also will   
laugh at your disaster4  ,i will mock   
when          calamity overtakes you2   
#jja3jbg when calamity overtakes you    
like a storm1 when your disaster comes  
on like a whirlwind2 when distress and  
anguish come on you4  #jja3jbh ,then    
will they call on me1 but ,i will not   

answer4          ,they will seek me     
diligently1 but they will not find me2  
#jja3jbi because they hated knowledge1  
and didn't choose the fear of ,yahweh4  
#jja3jcj ,they wanted none of my        
counsel4  ,they despised all my reproof4
  #jja3jca ,therefore they will eat of  
the fruit of their own way1          and
 be filled with their own schemes4      
#jja3jcb ,for the backsliding of the    
simple will kill them4          ,the    
careless ease of fools will destroy     
them4  #jja3jcc ,but whoever listens to 
me will dwell securely1 and will be at  
ease1          without fear of harm4    
#jjb3jja ,my son1 if you will receive my
 words1 and store up my                 
commandments within you2  #jjb3jjb ,so  
as to turn your ear to wisdom1 and apply
 your          heart to understanding2  
#jjb3jjc ,yes1 if you call out for      
discernment1 and lift up your           
voice for understanding2  #jjb3jjd ,if  
you seek her as silver1 and search for  
her as          for hidden treasures3   

#jjb3jje then you will understand the   
fear of ,yahweh1 and find          the  
knowledge of ,god4  #jjb3jjf ,for       
,yahweh gives wisdom4  ,out of his mouth
 comes          knowledge and           
understanding4  #jjb3jjg ,he lays up    
sound wisdom for the upright4  ,he is a 
shield          to those who walk in    
integrity2  #jjb3jjh that he may guard  
the paths of justice1 and preserve the  
way          of his saints4  #jjb3jji   
,then you will understand righteousness 
and justice1 equity and          every  
good path4  #jjb3jaj ,for wisdom will   
enter into your heart4  ,knowledge will 
be          pleasant to your soul4      
#jjb3jaa ,discretion will watch over    
you4  ,understanding will keep you1     
#jjb3jab to deliver you from the way of 
evil1 from the men who          speak   
perverse things2  #jjb3jac who forsake  
the paths of uprightness1 to walk in the
 ways of darkness2  #jjb3jad who rejoice
 to do evil1 and delight in the         
perverseness of evil2  #jjb3jae who are 

crooked in their ways1 and wayward in   
their paths3  #jjb3jaf ,to deliver you  
from the strange woman1 even from the   
foreigner          who flatters with her
 words2  #jjb3jag who forsakes the      
friend of her youth1 and forgets the    
covenant          of her ,god3  #jjb3jah
 for her house leads down to death1 her 
paths to the dead4  #jjb3jai ,none who  
go to her return again1 neither do they 
attain          to the paths of life3   
#jjb3jbj that you may walk in the way of
 good men1 and keep the paths           
of the righteous4  #jjb3jba ,for the    
upright will dwell in the land4  ,the   
perfect will          remain in it4     
#jjb3jbb ,but the wicked will be cut off
 from the land4  ,the treacherous       
will be rooted out of it4  #jjc3jja ,my 
son1 don't forget my teaching2 but let  
your heart          keep my             
commandments3  #jjc3jjb for length of   
days1 and years of life1 and peace1 will
 they          add to you4  #jjc3jjc    
,don't let kindness and truth forsake   

you4  ,bind them around          your   
neck4  ,write them on the tablet of your
 heart4  #jjc3jjd ,so you will find     
favor1 and good understanding in the    
sight          of ,god and man4         
#jjc3jje ,trust in ,yahweh with all your
 heart1 and don't lean on          your 
own understanding4  #jjc3jjf ,in all    
your ways acknowledge him1 and he will  
make          your paths straight4      
#jjc3jjg ,don't be wise in your own     
eyes4  ,fear ,yahweh1 and depart from   
evil4  #jjc3jjh ,it will be health to   
your body1 and nourishment to your      
bones4  #jjc3jji ,honor ,yahweh with    
your substance1 with the first fruits   
of all your increase3  #jjc3jaj so your 
barns will be filled with plenty1 and   
your vats will          overflow with   
new wine4  #jjc3jaa ,my son1 don't      
despise ,yahweh's discipline1 neither be
 weary          of his reproof3         
#jjc3jab for whom ,yahweh loves1 he     
reproves2 even as a father reproves     
the son in whom he delights4  #jjc3jac  

,happy is the man who finds wisdom1 the 
man who gets understanding4  #jjc3jad   
,for her good profit is better than     
getting silver1 and her          return 
is better than fine gold4  #jjc3jae ,she
 is more precious than rubies4  ,none of
 the things you can          desire are 
to be compared to her4  #jjc3jaf ,length
 of days is in her right hand4  ,in her 
left hand are          riches and honor4
  #jjc3jag ,her ways are ways of        
pleasantness4  ,all her paths are peace4
  #jjc3jah ,she is a tree of life to    
those who lay hold of her4              
,happy is everyone who retains her4     
#jjc3jai ,by wisdom ,yahweh founded the 
earth4  ,by understanding1          he  
established the heavens4  #jjc3jbj ,by  
his knowledge1 the depths were broken   
up1 and the skies          drop down the
 dew4  #jjc3jba ,my son1 let them not   
depart from your eyes4  ,keep sound     
wisdom and discretion3  #jjc3jbb so they
 will be life to your soul1 and grace   
for your neck4  #jjc3jbc ,then you shall

 walk in your way securely4  ,your foot 
won't stumble4  #jjc3jbd ,when you lie  
down1 you will not be afraid4  ,yes1 you
 will lie down1          and your sleep 
will be sweet4  #jjc3jbe ,don't be      
afraid of sudden fear1 neither of the   
desolation          of the wicked1 when 
it comes3  #jjc3jbf for ,yahweh will be 
your confidence1 and will keep your foot
          from being taken4  #jjc3jbg   
,don't withhold good from those to whom 
it is due1 when it          is in the   
power of your hand to do it4  #jjc3jbh  
,don't say to your neighbor1 ,go1 and   
come again2 tomorrow ,i          will   
give it to you1 when you have it by you4
  #jjc3jbi ,don't devise evil against   
your neighbor1 seeing he dwells         
securely by you4  #jjc3jcj ,don't strive
 with a man without cause1 if he has    
done you no harm4  #jjc3jca ,don't envy 
the man of violence4  ,choose none of   
his ways4  #jjc3jcb ,for the perverse is
 an abomination to ,yahweh1 but his     
friendship          is with the upright4

  #jjc3jcc ,yahweh's curse is in the    
house of the wicked1 but he blesses     
the habitation of the righteous4        
#jjc3jcd ,surely he mocks the mockers1  
but he gives grace to the humble4       
#jjc3jce ,the wise will inherit glory1  
but shame will be the promotion         
of fools4  #jjd3jja ,listen1 sons1 to a 
father's instruction4  ,pay attention   
and know understanding2  #jjd3jjb for ,i
 give you sound learning4  ,don't       
forsake my law4  #jjd3jjc ,for ,i was a 
son to my father1 tender and an only    
child          in the sight of my       
mother4  #jjd3jjd ,he taught me1 and    
said to me3  ,let your heart retain my  
words4          ,keep my commandments1  
and live4  #jjd3jje ,get wisdom4  ,get  
understanding4  ,don't forget1 neither  
swerve          from the words of my    
mouth4  #jjd3jjf ,don't forsake her1 and
 she will preserve you4  ,love her1     
and she will keep you4  #jjd3jjg ,wisdom
 is supreme4  ,get wisdom4  ,yes1 though
 it costs all          your possessions1

 get understanding4  #jjd3jjh ,esteem   
her1 and she will exalt you4  ,she will 
bring you to honor1          when you   
embrace her4  #jjd3jji ,she will give to
 your head a garland of grace4  ,she    
will deliver          a crown of        
splendor to you4  #jjd3jaj ,listen1 my  
son1 and receive my sayings4  ,the years
 of your life          will be many4    
#jjd3jaa ,i have taught you in the way  
of wisdom4  ,i have led you          in 
straight paths4  #jjd3jab ,when you go1 
your steps will not be hampered4  ,when 
you run1          you will not stumble4 
#jjd3jac ,take firm hold of instruction4
  ,don't let her go4          ,keep her1
 for she is your life4  #jjd3jad ,don't 
enter into the path of the wicked4      
,don't walk in the way          of evil 
men4  #jjd3jae ,avoid it1 and don't pass
 by it4  ,turn from it1 and pass on4    
#jjd3jaf ,for they don't sleep1 unless  
they do evil4  ,their sleep is          
taken away1 unless they make someone    
fall4  #jjd3jag ,for they eat the bread 

of wickedness1 and drink the wine of    
violence4  #jjd3jah ,but the path of the
 righteous is like the dawning light1   
that shines more and more until the     
perfect day4  #jjd3jai ,the way of the  
wicked is like darkness4  ,they don't   
know          what they stumble over4   
#jjd3jbj ,my son1 attend to my words4   
,turn your ear to my sayings4  #jjd3jba 
,let them not depart from your eyes4    
,keep them in the midst          of your
 heart4  #jjd3jbb ,for they are life to 
those who find them1 and health to      
their whole body4  #jjd3jbc ,keep your  
heart with all diligence1 for out of it 
is the          wellspring of life4     
#jjd3jbd ,put away from yourself a      
perverse mouth4  ,put corrupt lips      
far from you4  #jjd3jbe ,let your eyes  
look straight ahead4  ,fix your gaze    
directly before you4  #jjd3jbf ,make the
 path of your feet level4  ,let all of  
your          ways be established4      
#jjd3jbg ,don't turn to the right hand  
nor to the left4  ,remove your          

foot from evil4  #jje3jja ,my son1 pay  
attention to my wisdom4  ,turn your ear 
to my understanding3  #jje3jjb that you 
may maintain discretion1 that your lips 
may preserve knowledge4  #jje3jjc ,for  
the lips of an adulteress drip honey4   
,her mouth is          smoother than    
oil1  #jje3jjd ,but in the end she is as
 bitter as wormwood1 and as sharp       
as a two-edged sword4  #jje3jje ,her    
feet go down to death4  ,her steps lead 
straight to ,sheol4  #jje3jjf ,she gives
 no thought to the way of life4  ,her   
ways are crooked1          and she      
doesn't know it4  #jje3jjg ,now         
therefore1 my sons1 listen to me4       
,don't depart from          the words of
 my mouth4  #jje3jjh ,remove your way   
far from her4  ,don't come near the door
          of her house1  #jje3jji lest  
you give your honor to others1 and your 
years to the cruel one2  #jje3jaj lest  
strangers feast on your wealth1 and your
 labors enrich          another man's   
house4  #jje3jaa ,you will groan at your

 latter end1 when your flesh and your   
body are consumed1  #jje3jab and say1   
,how ,i have hated instruction1 and my  
heart despised reproof2  #jje3jac       
neither have ,i obeyed the voice of my  
teachers1 nor turned          my ear to 
those who instructed me6  #jje3jad ,i   
have come to the brink of utter ruin1 in
 the midst of          the gathered     
assembly4  #jje3jae ,drink water out of 
your own cistern1 running water out of  
your own well4  #jje3jaf ,should your   
springs overflow in the streets1 streams
 of water          in the public        
squares8  #jje3jag ,let them be for     
yourself alone1 not for strangers with  
you4  #jje3jah ,let your spring be      
blessed4  ,rejoice in the wife of your  
youth4  #jje3jai ,a loving doe and a    
graceful deer--let her breasts satisfy  
you          at all times4  ,be         
captivated always with her love4        
#jje3jbj ,for why should you1 my son1 be
 captivated with an adulteress8         
,why embrace the bosom of another8      

#jje3jba ,for the ways of man are before
 the eyes of ,yahweh4          ,he      
examines all his paths4  #jje3jbb ,the  
evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him4   
,the cords of his sin          hold him 
firmly4  #jje3jbc ,he will die for lack 
of instruction4  ,in the greatness of   
his folly1          he will go astray4  
#jjf3jja ,my son1 if you have become    
collateral for your neighbor1           
if you have struck your hands in pledge 
for a stranger2  #jjf3jjb ,you are      
trapped by the words of your mouth4     
,you are ensnared          with the     
words of your mouth4  #jjf3jjc ,do this 
now1 my son1 and deliver yourself1      
seeing you have          come into the  
hand of your neighbor4  ,go1 humble     
yourself4          ,press your plea with
 your neighbor4  #jjf3jjd ,give no sleep
 to your eyes1 nor slumber to your      
eyelids4  #jjf3jje ,free yourself1 like 
a gazelle from the hand of the hunter1  
like a bird from the snare of the       
fowler4  #jjf3jjf ,go to the ant1 you   

sluggard4  ,consider her ways1 and be   
wise2  #jjf3jjg which having no chief1  
overseer1 or ruler1  #jjf3jjh provides  
her bread in the summer1 and gathers her
 food          in the harvest4  #jjf3jji
 ,how long will you sleep1 sluggard8    
,when will you arise out          of    
your sleep8  #jjf3jaj ,a little sleep1 a
 little slumber1 a little folding of the
          hands to sleep3  #jjf3jaa so  
your poverty will come as a robber1 and 
your scarcity          as an armed man4 
#jjf3jab ,a worthless person1 a man of  
iniquity1 is he who walks with          
a perverse mouth2  #jjf3jac who winks   
with his eyes1 who signals with his     
feet1 who motions          with his     
fingers2  #jjf3jad in whose heart is    
perverseness1 who devises evil          
continually1          who always sows   
discord4  #jjf3jae ,therefore his       
calamity will come suddenly4  ,he will  
be          broken suddenly1 and that   
without remedy4  #jjf3jaf ,there are six
 things which ,yahweh hates2 yes1 seven 

which are          an abomination to    
him3  #jjf3jag haughty eyes1 a lying    
tongue1 hands that shed innocent blood2 
#jjf3jah a heart that devises wicked    
schemes1 feet that are swift          in
 running to mischief1  #jjf3jai a false 
witness who utters lies1 and he who sows
          discord among brothers4       
#jjf3jbj ,my son1 keep your father's    
commandment1 and don't forsake          
your mother's teaching4  #jjf3jba ,bind 
them continually on your heart4  ,tie   
them around your neck4  #jjf3jbb ,when  
you walk1 it will lead you4  ,when you  
sleep1 it will watch          over you4 
,when you awake1 it will talk with you4 
#jjf3jbc ,for the commandment is a lamp1
 and the law is light4                  
,reproofs of instruction are the way of 
life1  #jjf3jbd to keep you from the    
immoral woman1 from the flattery of     
the wayward wife's tongue4  #jjf3jbe    
,don't lust after her beauty in your    
heart1 neither let her                  
captivate you with her eyelids4         

#jjf3jbf ,for a prostitute reduces you  
to a piece of bread4          ,the      
adulteress hunts for your precious life4
  #jjf3jbg ,can a man scoop fire into   
his lap1 and his clothes not be burned8 
#jjf3jbh ,or can one walk on hot coals1 
and his feet not be scorched8  #jjf3jbi 
,so is he who goes in to his neighbor's 
wife4  ,whoever touches          her    
will not be unpunished4  #jjf3jcj ,men  
don't despise a thief1 if he steals to  
satisfy himself          when he is     
hungry3  #jjf3jca but if he is found1 he
 shall restore seven times4          ,he
 shall give all the wealth of his house4
  #jjf3jcb ,he who commits adultery with
 a woman is void of understanding4      
,he who does it destroys his own soul4  
#jjf3jcc ,he will get wounds and        
dishonor4  ,his reproach will not       
be wiped away4  #jjf3jcd ,for jealousy  
arouses the fury of the husband4  ,he   
won't spare          in the day of      
vengeance4  #jjf3jce ,he won't regard   
any ransom1 neither will he rest        

content1          though you give many  
gifts4  #jjg3jja ,my son1 keep my words4
  ,lay up my commandments within you4   
#jjg3jjb ,keep my commandments and live6
  ,guard my teaching as the apple       
of your eye4  #jjg3jjc ,bind them on    
your fingers4  ,write them on the tablet
 of your heart4  #jjg3jjd ,tell wisdom1 
,you are my sister4  ,call understanding
 your relative1  #jjg3jje that they may 
keep you from the strange woman1 from   
the foreigner          who flatters with
 her words4  #jjg3jjf ,for at the window
 of my house1 ,i looked out through my  
lattice4  #jjg3jjg ,i saw among the     
simple ones4  ,i discerned among the    
youths          a young man void of     
understanding1  #jjg3jjh passing through
 the street near her corner1 he went the
 way          to her house1  #jjg3jji in
 the twilight1 in the evening of the    
day1 in the middle          of the night
 and in the darkness4  #jjg3jaj ,behold1
 there a woman met him with the attire  
of a prostitute1          and with      

crafty intent4  #jjg3jaa ,she is loud   
and defiant4  ,her feet don't stay in   
her house4  #jjg3jab ,now she is in the 
streets1 now in the squares1 and lurking
          at every corner4  #jjg3jac ,so
 she caught him1 and kissed him4  ,with 
an impudent face she          said to   
him3  #jjg3jad ,sacrifices of peace     
offerings are with me4  ,this day ,i    
have          paid my vows4  #jjg3jae   
,therefore ,i came out to meet you1 to  
diligently seek your face1          and 
,i have found you4  #jjg3jaf ,i have    
spread my couch with carpets of         
tapestry1 with striped          cloths  
of the yarn of ,egypt4  #jjg3jag ,i have
 perfumed my bed with myrrh1 aloes1 and 
cinnamon4  #jjg3jah ,come1 let's take   
our fill of loving until the morning4   
,let's solace ourselves with loving4    
#jjg3jai ,for my husband isn't at home4 
,he has gone on a long journey4         
#jjg3jbj ,he has taken a bag of money   
with him4  ,he will come home           
at the full moon4  #jjg3jba ,with       

persuasive words1 she led him astray4   
,with the flattering          of her    
lips1 she seduced him4  #jjg3jbb ,he    
followed her immediately1 as an ox goes 
to the slaughter1          as a fool    
stepping into a noose4  #jjg3jbc ,until 
an arrow strikes through his liver1 as a
 bird hurries          to the snare1 and
 doesn't know that it will cost his     
life4  #jjg3jbd ,now therefore1 sons1   
listen to me4  ,pay attention to the    
words          of my mouth4  #jjg3jbe   
,don't let your heart turn to her ways4 
,don't go astray          in her paths1 
#jjg3jbf for she has thrown down many   
wounded4  ,yes1 all her slain           
are a mighty army4  #jjg3jbg ,her house 
is the way to ,sheol1 going down to the 
chambers of death4  #jjh3jja ,doesn't   
wisdom cry out8  ,doesn't understanding 
raise her voice8  #jjh3jjb ,on the top  
of high places by the way1 where the    
paths meet1          she stands4        
#jjh3jjc ,beside the gates1 at the entry
 of the city1 at the entry doors1       

she cries aloud3  #jjh3jjd ,to you men1 
,i call6  ,i send my voice to the sons  
of mankind4  #jjh3jje ,you simple1      
understand prudence4  ,you fools1 be of 
an understanding heart4  #jjh3jjf ,hear1
 for ,i will speak excellent things4    
,the opening of my          lips is for 
right things4  #jjh3jjg ,for my mouth   
speaks truth4  ,wickedness is an        
abomination          to my lips4        
#jjh3jjh ,all the words of my mouth are 
in righteousness4          ,there is    
nothing crooked or perverse in them4    
#jjh3jji ,they are all plain to him who 
understands1 right to those          who
 find knowledge4  #jjh3jaj ,receive my  
instruction rather than silver2         
knowledge rather          than choice   
gold4  #jjh3jaa ,for wisdom is better   
than rubies4  ,all the things that may  
be          desired can't be compared to
 it4  #jjh3jab ,i1 wisdom1 have made    
prudence my dwelling4  ,find out        
knowledge and discretion4  #jjh3jac ,the
 fear of ,yahweh is to hate evil4  ,i   

hate pride1 arrogance1          the evil
 way1 and the perverse mouth4  #jjh3jad 
,counsel and sound knowledge are mine4  
,i have understanding          and      
power4  #jjh3jae ,by me kings reign1 and
 princes decree justice4  #jjh3jaf ,by  
me princes rule2 nobles1 and all the    
righteous rulers          of the earth4 
#jjh3jag ,i love those who love me4     
,those who seek me diligently           
will find me4  #jjh3jah ,with me are    
riches1 honor1 enduring wealth1 and     
prosperity4  #jjh3jai ,my fruit is      
better than gold1 yes1 than fine gold2  
my yield          than choice silver4   
#jjh3jbj ,i walk in the way of          
righteousness1 in the midst of the      
paths of justice2  #jjh3jba ,that ,i may
 give wealth to those who love me4      
,i fill their treasuries4  #jjh3jbb     
,yahweh possessed me in the beginning of
 his work1 before his          deeds of 
old4  #jjh3jbc ,i was set up from       
everlasting1 from the beginning1        
before the earth existed4  #jjh3jbd     

,when there were no depths1 ,i was      
brought forth1 when there          were 
no springs abounding with water4        
#jjh3jbe ,before the mountains were     
settled in place1 before the hills1     
,i was brought forth2  #jjh3jbf while as
 yet he had not made the earth1 nor the 
fields1          nor the beginning of   
the dust of the world4  #jjh3jbg ,when  
he established the heavens1 ,i was      
there2 when he set          a circle on 
the surface of the deep1  #jjh3jbh when 
he established the clouds above1 when   
the springs          of the deep became 
strong1  #jjh3jbi when he gave to the   
sea its boundary1 that the waters should
 not          violate his commandment1  
when he marked out the foundations      
of the earth2  #jjh3jcj then ,i was the 
craftsman by his side4  ,i was a delight
 day by day1          always rejoicing  
before him1  #jjh3jca ,rejoicing in his 
whole world4  ,my delight was with the  
sons of men4  #jjh3jcb ,now therefore1  
my sons1 listen to me1 for blessed are  

those          who keep my ways4        
#jjh3jcc ,hear instruction1 and be wise4
  ,don't refuse it4  #jjh3jcd ,blessed  
is the man who hears me1 watching daily 
at my gates1          waiting at my door
 posts4  #jjh3jce ,for whoever finds me1
 finds life1 and will obtain favor from 
,yahweh4  #jjh3jcf ,but he who sins     
against me wrongs his own soul4         
,all those who hate me love death4      
#jji3jja ,wisdom has built her house4   
,she has carved out her seven pillars4  
#jji3jjb ,she has prepared her meat4    
,she has mixed her wine4          ,she  
has also set her table4  #jji3jjc ,she  
has sent out her maidens4  ,she cries   
from the highest          places of the 
city3  #jji3jjd ,whoever is simple1 let 
him turn in here6  ,as for him who is   
void of understanding1 she says to him1 
#jji3jje ,come1 eat some of my bread1   
,drink some of the wine which           
,i have mixed6  #jji3jjf ,leave your    
simple ways1 and live4  ,walk in the way
 of understanding4  #jji3jjg ,he who    

corrects a mocker invites insult4  ,he  
who reproves          a wicked man      
invites abuse4  #jji3jjh ,don't reprove 
a scoffer1 lest he hate you4  ,reprove a
 wise man1          and he will love    
you4  #jji3jji ,instruct a wise man1 and
 he will be still wiser4          ,teach
 a righteous man1 and he will increase  
in learning4  #jji3jaj ,the fear of     
,yahweh is the beginning of wisdom4     
,the knowledge          of the ,holy    
,one is understanding4  #jji3jaa ,for by
 me your days will be multiplied4  ,the 
years of your life          will be     
increased4  #jji3jab ,if you are wise1  
you are wise for yourself4  ,if you     
mock1          you alone will bear it4  
#jji3jac ,the foolish woman is loud1    
,undisciplined1 and knows nothing4      
#jji3jad ,she sits at the door of her   
house1 on a seat in the high places     
of the city1  #jji3jae ,to call to those
 who pass by1 who go straight on their  
ways1  #jji3jaf ,whoever is simple1 let 
him turn in here4  as for him who is    

void of understanding1 she says to him1 
#jji3jag ,stolen water is sweet4  ,food 
eaten in secret is pleasant4  #jji3jah  
,but he doesn't know that the dead are  
there1 that her guests          are in  
the depths of ,sheol4  #jaj3jja ,the    
proverbs of ,solomon4  ,a wise son makes
 a glad father2          but a foolish  
son brings grief to his mother4         
#jaj3jjb ,treasures of wickedness profit
 nothing1 but righteousness             
delivers from death4  #jaj3jjc ,yahweh  
will not allow the soul of the righteous
 to go hungry1          but he thrusts  
away the desire of the wicked4  #jaj3jjd
 ,he becomes poor who works with a lazy 
hand1 but the hand          of the      
diligent brings wealth4  #jaj3jje ,he   
who gathers in summer is a wise son1 but
 he who sleeps          during the      
harvest is a son who causes shame4      
#jaj3jjf ,blessings are on the head of  
the righteous1 but violence covers      
the mouth of the wicked4  #jaj3jjg ,the 
memory of the righteous is blessed1 but 

the name of          the wicked will    
rot4  #jaj3jjh ,the wise in heart accept
 commandments1 but a chattering         
fool will fall4  #jaj3jji ,he who walks 
blamelessly walks surely1 but he who    
perverts          his ways will be found
 out4  #jaj3jaj ,one winking with the   
eye causes sorrow1 but a chattering     
fool will fall4  #jaj3jaa ,the mouth of 
the righteous is a spring of life1 but  
violence          covers the mouth of   
the wicked4  #jaj3jab ,hatred stirs up  
strife1 but love covers all wrongs4     
#jaj3jac ,wisdom is found on the lips of
 him who has discernment1          but a
 rod is for the back of him who is void 
of understanding4  #jaj3jad ,wise men   
lay up knowledge1 but the mouth of the  
foolish          is near ruin4  #jaj3jae
 ,the rich man's wealth is his strong   
city4  ,the destruction          of the 
poor is their poverty4  #jaj3jaf ,the   
labor of the righteous leads to life4   
,the increase          of the wicked    
leads to sin4  #jaj3jag ,he is in the   

way of life who heeds correction1 but he
 who forsakes          reproof leads    
others astray4  #jaj3jah ,he who hides  
hatred has lying lips4  ,he who utters a
 slander          is a fool4  #jaj3jai  
,in the multitude of words there is no  
lack of disobedience1          but he   
who restrains his lips does wisely4     
#jaj3jbj ,the tongue of the righteous is
 like choice silver4          ,the heart
 of the wicked is of little worth4      
#jaj3jba ,the lips of the righteous feed
 many1 but the foolish die          for 
lack of understanding4  #jaj3jbb        
,yahweh's blessing brings wealth1 and he
 adds no trouble to it4  #jaj3jbc ,it is
 a fool's pleasure to do wickedness1 but
 wisdom is a man          of            
understanding's pleasure4  #jaj3jbd     
,what the wicked fear1 will overtake    
them1 but the desire          of the    
righteous will be granted4  #jaj3jbe    
,when the whirlwind passes1 the wicked  
is no more2          but the righteous  
stand firm forever4  #jaj3jbf ,as       

vinegar to the teeth1 and as smoke to   
the eyes1 so is          the sluggard to
 those who send him4  #jaj3jbg ,the fear
 of ,yahweh prolongs days1 but the years
 of the wicked          shall be        
shortened4  #jaj3jbh ,the prospect of   
the righteous is joy1 but the hope of   
the          wicked will perish4        
#jaj3jbi ,the way of ,yahweh is a       
stronghold to the upright1 but it       
is a destruction to the workers of      
iniquity4  #jaj3jcj ,the righteous will 
never be removed1 but the wicked will   
not          dwell in the land4         
#jaj3jca ,the mouth of the righteous    
brings forth wisdom1 but the perverse   
tongue will be cut off4  #jaj3jcb ,the  
lips of the righteous know what is      
acceptable1 but the mouth          of   
the wicked is perverse4  #jaa3jja ,a    
false balance is an abomination to      
,yahweh1 but accurate          weights  
are his delight4  #jaa3jjb ,when pride  
comes1 then comes shame1 but with       
humility comes wisdom4  #jaa3jjc ,the   

integrity of the upright shall guide    
them1 but the perverseness          of  
the treacherous shall destroy them4     
#jaa3jjd ,riches don't profit in the day
 of wrath1 but righteousness            
delivers from death4  #jaa3jje ,the     
righteousness of the blameless will     
direct his way1          but the wicked 
shall fall by his own wickedness4       
#jaa3jjf ,the righteousness of the      
upright shall deliver them1          but
 the unfaithful will be trapped by evil 
desires4  #jaa3jjg ,when a wicked man   
dies1 hope perishes1 and expectation of 
power          comes to nothing4        
#jaa3jjh ,a righteous person is         
delivered out of trouble1 and the wicked
          takes his place4  #jaa3jji    
,with his mouth the godless man destroys
 his neighbor1          but the         
righteous will be delivered through     
knowledge4  #jaa3jaj ,when it goes well 
with the righteous1 the city rejoices4  
,when the wicked perish1 there is       
shouting4  #jaa3jaa ,by the blessing of 

the upright1 the city is exalted1 but it
          is overthrown by the mouth of 
the wicked4  #jaa3jab ,one who despises 
his neighbor is void of wisdom1 but a   
man          of understanding holds his 
peace4  #jaa3jac ,one who brings gossip 
betrays a confidence1 but one who is    
of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps
 a secret4  #jaa3jad ,where there is no 
wise guidance1 the nation falls1 but in 
the multitude of counselors there is    
victory4  #jaa3jae ,he who is collateral
 for a stranger will suffer for it1     
but he who refuses pledges of collateral
 is secure4  #jaa3jaf ,a gracious woman 
obtains honor1 but violent men obtain   
riches4  #jaa3jag ,the merciful man does
 good to his own soul1 but he who is    
cruel          troubles his own flesh4  
#jaa3jah ,wicked people earn deceitful  
wages1 but one who sows righteousness   
reaps a sure reward4  #jaa3jai ,he who  
is truly righteous gets life4  ,he who  
pursues          evil gets death4       
#jaa3jbj ,those who are perverse in     

heart are an abomination to ,yahweh1    
but those whose ways are blameless are  
his delight4  #jaa3jba ,most certainly1 
the evil man will not be unpunished1    
but the seed of the righteous will be   
delivered4  #jaa3jbb ,like a gold ring  
in a pig's snout1 is a beautiful woman  
who lacks discretion4  #jaa3jbc ,the    
desire of the righteous is only good4   
,the expectation          of the wicked 
is wrath4  #jaa3jbd ,there is one who   
scatters1 and increases yet more4       
,there is one who withholds more than is
 appropriate1          but gains        
poverty4  #jaa3jbe ,the liberal soul    
shall be made fat4  ,he who waters shall
          be watered also himself4      
#jaa3jbf ,people curse someone who      
withholds grain1 but blessing will      
be on the head of him who sells it4     
#jaa3jbg ,he who diligently seeks good  
seeks favor1 but he who searches        
after evil1 it shall come to him4       
#jaa3jbh ,he who trusts in his riches   
will fall1 but the righteous shall      

flourish as the green leaf4  #jaa3jbi   
,he who troubles his own house shall    
inherit the wind4          ,the foolish 
shall be servant to the wise of heart4  
#jaa3jcj ,the fruit of the righteous is 
a tree of life4  ,he who is             
wise wins souls4  #jaa3jca ,behold1 the 
righteous shall be repaid in the earth2 
how much          more the wicked and   
the sinner6  #jab3jja ,whoever loves    
correction loves knowledge1 but he who  
hates          reproof is stupid4       
#jab3jjb ,a good man shall obtain favor 
from ,yahweh1 but he will condemn       
a man of wicked devices4  #jab3jjc ,a   
man shall not be established by         
wickedness1 but the root          of the
 righteous shall not be moved4  #jab3jjd
 ,a worthy woman is the crown of her    
husband1 but a disgraceful          wife
 is as rottenness in his bones4         
#jab3jje ,the thoughts of the righteous 
are just1 but the advice          of the
 wicked is deceitful4  #jab3jjf ,the    
words of the wicked are about lying in  

wait for blood1          but the speech 
of the upright rescues them4  #jab3jjg  
,the wicked are overthrown1 and are no  
more1 but the house          of the     
righteous shall stand4  #jab3jjh ,a man 
shall be commended according to his     
wisdom1 but he who has          a warped
 mind shall be despised4  #jab3jji      
,better is he who is lightly esteemed1  
and has a servant1          than he who 
honors himself1 and lacks bread4        
#jab3jaj ,a righteous man regards the   
life of his animal1 but the tender      
mercies of the wicked are cruel4        
#jab3jaa ,he who tills his land shall   
have plenty of bread1 but he who        
chases fantasies is void of             
understanding4  #jab3jab ,the wicked    
desires the plunder of evil men1 but the
 root          of the righteous         
flourishes4  #jab3jac ,an evil man is   
trapped by sinfulness of lips1 but the  
righteous          shall come out of    
trouble4  #jab3jad ,a man shall be      
satisfied with good by the fruit of his 

mouth4          ,the work of a man's    
hands shall be rewarded to him4         
#jab3jae ,the way of a fool is right in 
his own eyes1 but he who is wise        
listens to counsel4  #jab3jaf ,a fool   
shows his annoyance the same day1 but   
one who overlooks          an insult is 
prudent4  #jab3jag ,he who is truthful  
testifies honestly1 but a false witness 
lies4  #jab3jah ,there is one who speaks
 rashly like the piercing of a sword1   
but the tongue of the wise heals4       
#jab3jai ,truth's lips will be          
established forever1 but a lying tongue 
is only momentary4  #jab3jbj ,deceit is 
in the heart of those who plot evil1 but
 joy comes          to the promoters of 
peace4  #jab3jba ,no mischief shall     
happen to the righteous1 but the wicked 
shall be filled with evil4  #jab3jbb    
,lying lips are an abomination to       
,yahweh1 but those who do          the  
truth are his delight4  #jab3jbc ,a     
prudent man keeps his knowledge1 but the
 hearts of          fools proclaim      

foolishness4  #jab3jbd ,the hands of the
 diligent ones shall rule1 but laziness 
ends          in slave labor4  #jab3jbe 
,anxiety in a man's heart weighs it     
down1 but a kind word          makes it 
glad4  #jab3jbf ,a righteous person is  
cautious in friendship1 but the way     
of the wicked leads them astray4        
#jab3jbg ,the slothful man doesn't roast
 his game1 but the possessions          
of diligent men are prized4  #jab3jbh   
,in the way of righteousness is life2 in
 its path there          is no death4   
#jac3jja ,a wise son listens to his     
father's instruction1 but a scoffer     
doesn't listen to rebuke4  #jac3jjb ,by 
the fruit of his lips1 a man enjoys good
 things2          but the unfaithful    
crave violence4  #jac3jjc ,he who guards
 his mouth guards his soul4  ,one who   
opens wide          his lips comes to   
ruin4  #jac3jjd ,the soul of the        
sluggard desires1 and has nothing1 but  
the desire          of the diligent     
shall be fully satisfied4  #jac3jje ,a  

righteous man hates lies1 but a wicked  
man brings          shame and disgrace4 
#jac3jjf ,righteousness guards the way  
of integrity1 but wickedness            
overthrows the sinner4  #jac3jjg ,there 
are some who pretend to be rich1 yet    
have nothing4          ,there are some  
who pretend to be poor1 yet have great  
wealth4  #jac3jjh ,the ransom of a man's
 life is his riches1 but the poor       
hear no threats4  #jac3jji ,the light of
 the righteous shines brightly1 but the 
lamp          of the wicked is snuffed  
out4  #jac3jaj ,pride only breeds       
quarrels1 but with ones who take advice 
is wisdom4  #jac3jaa ,wealth gained     
dishonestly dwindles away1 but he who   
gathers          by hand makes it grow4 
#jac3jab ,hope deferred makes the heart 
sick1 but when longing is fulfilled1    
it is a tree of life4  #jac3jac ,whoever
 despises instruction will pay for it1  
but he who respects          a command  
will be rewarded4  #jac3jad ,the        
teaching of the wise is a spring of     

life1 to turn from          the snares  
of death4  #jac3jae ,good understanding 
wins favor2 but the way of the          
unfaithful is hard4  #jac3jaf ,every    
prudent man acts from knowledge1 but a  
fool exposes folly4  #jac3jag ,a wicked 
messenger falls into trouble1 but a     
trustworthy          envoy gains        
healing4  #jac3jah ,poverty and shame   
come to him who refuses discipline1     
but he who heeds correction shall be    
honored4  #jac3jai ,longing fulfilled is
 sweet to the soul1 but fools detest    
turning from evil4  #jac3jbj ,one who   
walks with wise men grows wise1 but a   
companion          of fools suffers     
harm4  #jac3jba ,misfortune pursues     
sinners1 but prosperity rewards the     
righteous4  #jac3jbb ,a good man leaves 
an inheritance to his children's        
children1          but the wealth of the
 sinner is stored for the righteous4    
#jac3jbc ,an abundance of food is in    
poor people's fields1 but injustice     
sweeps it away4  #jac3jbd ,one who      

spares the rod hates his son1 but one   
who loves him          is careful to    
discipline him4  #jac3jbe ,the righteous
 one eats to the satisfying of his soul1
          but the belly of the wicked   
goes hungry4  #jad3jja ,every wise woman
 builds her house1 but the foolish one  
tears          it down with her own     
hands4  #jad3jjb ,he who walks in his   
uprightness fears ,yahweh1 but he who is
          perverse in his ways despises 
him4  #jad3jjc ,the fool's talk brings a
 rod to his back1 but the lips          
of the wise protect them4  #jad3jjd     
,where no oxen are1 the crib is clean1  
but much increase is          by the    
strength of the ox4  #jad3jje ,a        
truthful witness will not lie1 but a    
false witness          pours out lies4  
#jad3jjf ,a scoffer seeks wisdom1 and   
doesn't find it1 but knowledge          
comes easily to a discerning person4    
#jad3jjg ,stay away from a foolish man1 
for you won't find knowledge          on
 his lips4  #jad3jjh ,the wisdom of the 

prudent is to think about his way1      
but the folly of fools is deceit4       
#jad3jji ,fools mock at making atonement
 for sins1 but among the upright        
there is good will4  #jad3jaj ,the heart
 knows its own bitterness and joy2 he   
will not share          these with a    
stranger4  #jad3jaa ,the house of the   
wicked will be overthrown1 but the tent 
of the upright will flourish4  #jad3jab 
,there is a way which seems right to a  
man1 but in the end it          leads to
 death4  #jad3jac ,even in laughter the 
heart may be sorrowful1 and mirth may   
end in heaviness4  #jad3jad ,the        
unfaithful will be repaid for his own   
ways2 likewise a good          man will 
be rewarded for his ways4  #jad3jae ,a  
simple man believes everything1 but the 
prudent man carefully          considers
 his ways4  #jad3jaf ,a wise man fears1 
and shuns evil1 but the fool is         
hotheaded and reckless4  #jad3jag ,he   
who is quick to become angry will commit
 folly1 and a crafty          man is    

hated4  #jad3jah ,the simple inherit    
folly1 but the prudent are crowned with 
knowledge4  #jad3jai ,the evil bow down 
before the good1 and the wicked at the  
gates          of the righteous4        
#jad3jbj ,the poor person is shunned    
even by his own neighbor1          but  
the rich person has many friends4       
#jad3jba ,he who despises his neighbor  
sins1 but blessed is he who has         
pity on the poor4  #jad3jbb ,don't they 
go astray who plot evil8  ,but love and 
faithfulness          belong to those   
who plan good4  #jad3jbc ,in all hard   
work there is profit1 but the talk of   
the lips          leads only to poverty4
  #jad3jbd ,the crown of the wise is    
their riches1 but the folly of fools    
crowns them with folly4  #jad3jbe ,a    
truthful witness saves souls1 but a     
false witness is deceitful4  #jad3jbf   
,in the fear of ,yahweh is a secure     
fortress1 and he will be          a     
refuge for his children4  #jad3jbg ,the 
fear of ,yahweh is a fountain of life1  

turning people          from the snares 
of death4  #jad3jbh ,in the multitude of
 people is the king's glory1 but in the 
lack          of people is the          
destruction of the prince4  #jad3jbi ,he
 who is slow to anger has great         
understanding1 but he who has          a
 quick temper displays folly4  #jad3jcj 
,the life of the body is a heart at     
peace1 but envy rots the bones4         
#jad3jca ,he who oppresses the poor     
shows contempt for his ,maker1          
but he who is kind to the needy honors  
him4  #jad3jcb ,the wicked is brought   
down in his calamity1 but in death1     
the righteous has a refuge4  #jad3jcc   
,wisdom rests in the heart of one who   
has understanding1          and is even 
made known in the inward part of fools4 
#jad3jcd ,righteousness exalts a nation1
 but sin is a disgrace to any people4   
#jad3jce ,the king's favor is toward a  
servant who deals wisely1          but  
his wrath is toward one who causes      
shame4  #jae3jja ,a gentle answer turns 

away wrath1 but a harsh word stirs up   
anger4  #jae3jjb ,the tongue of the wise
 commends knowledge1 but the mouth      
of fools gush out folly4  #jae3jjc      
,yahweh's eyes are everywhere1 keeping  
watch on the evil          and the good4
  #jae3jjd ,a gentle tongue is a tree of
 life1 but deceit in it          crushes
 the spirit4  #jae3jje ,a fool despises 
his father's correction1 but he who     
heeds          reproof shows prudence4  
#jae3jjf ,in the house of the righteous 
is much treasure1 but the income        
of the wicked brings trouble4  #jae3jjg 
,the lips of the wise spread knowledge2 
not so with the          heart of fools4
  #jae3jjh ,the sacrifice made by the   
wicked is an abomination to ,yahweh1    
but the prayer of the upright is his    
delight4  #jae3jji ,the way of the      
wicked is an abomination to ,yahweh1 but
 he loves          him who follows after
 righteousness4  #jae3jaj ,there is     
stern discipline for one who forsakes   
the way3          whoever hates reproof 

shall die4  #jae3jaa ,sheol and ,abaddon
 are before ,yahweh--how much more then 
the hearts of the children of men6      
#jae3jab ,a scoffer doesn't love to be  
reproved2 he will not go to the wise4   
#jae3jac ,a glad heart makes a cheerful 
face2 but an aching heart               
breaks the spirit4  #jae3jad ,the heart 
of one who has understanding seeks      
knowledge1          but the mouths of   
fools feed on folly4  #jae3jae ,all the 
days of the afflicted are wretched1 but 
one who has          a cheerful heart   
enjoys a continual feast4  #jae3jaf     
,better is little1 with the fear of     
,yahweh1 than great          treasure   
with trouble4  #jae3jag ,better is a    
dinner of herbs1 where love is1 than a  
fattened          calf with hatred4     
#jae3jah ,a wrathful man stirs up       
contention1 but one who is slow         
to anger appeases strife4  #jae3jai ,the
 way of the sluggard is like a thorn    
patch1 but the path          of the     
upright is a highway4  #jae3jbj ,a wise 

son makes a father glad1 but a foolish  
man          despises his mother4       
#jae3jba ,folly is joy to one who is    
void of wisdom1 but a man of            
understanding keeps his way straight4   
#jae3jbb ,where there is no counsel1    
plans fail2 but in a multitude          
of counselors they are established4     
#jae3jbc ,joy comes to a man with the   
reply of his mouth4          ,how good  
is a word at the right time6  #jae3jbd  
,the path of life leads upward for the  
wise1 to keep him from          going   
downward to ,sheol4  #jae3jbe ,yahweh   
will uproot the house of the proud1 but 
he will keep          the widow's       
borders intact4  #jae3jbf ,yahweh       
detests the thoughts of the wicked1 but 
the thoughts          of the pure are   
pleasing4  #jae3jbg ,he who is greedy   
for gain troubles his own house1 but he 
who          hates bribes will live4    
#jae3jbh ,the heart of the righteous    
weighs answers1 but the mouth           
of the wicked gushes out evil4  #jae3jbi

 ,yahweh is far from the wicked1 but he 
hears the prayer          of the        
righteous4  #jae3jcj ,the light of the  
eyes rejoices the heart4  ,good news    
gives          health to the bones4     
#jae3jca ,the ear that listens to       
reproof lives1 and will be at home      
among the wise4  #jae3jcb ,he who       
refuses correction despises his own     
soul1 but he who          listens to    
reproof gets understanding4  #jae3jcc   
,the fear of ,yahweh teaches wisdom4    
,before honor is humility4  #jaf3jja    
,the plans of the heart belong to man1  
but the answer of the tongue          is
 from ,yahweh4  #jaf3jjb ,all the ways  
of a man are clean in his own eyes2 but 
,yahweh          weighs the motives4    
#jaf3jjc ,commit your deeds to ,yahweh1 
and your plans shall succeed4  #jaf3jjd 
,yahweh has made everything for its own 
end--yes1 even the wicked          for  
the day of evil4  #jaf3jje ,everyone who
 is proud in heart is an abomination to 
,yahweh3          they shall certainly  

not be unpunished4  #jaf3jjf ,by mercy  
and truth iniquity is atoned for4  ,by  
the fear          of ,yahweh men depart 
from evil4  #jaf3jjg ,when a man's ways 
please ,yahweh1 he makes even his       
enemies          to be at peace with    
him4  #jaf3jjh ,better is a little with 
righteousness1 than great               
revenues with injustice4  #jaf3jji ,a   
man's heart plans his course1 but       
,yahweh directs his steps4  #jaf3jaj    
,inspired judgments are on the lips of  
the king4          ,he shall not betray 
his mouth4  #jaf3jaa ,honest balances   
and scales are ,yahweh's2 all the       
weights          in the bag are his     
work4  #jaf3jab ,it is an abomination   
for kings to do wrong1 for the throne   
is established by righteousness4        
#jaf3jac ,righteous lips are the delight
 of kings4  ,they value one who         
speaks the truth4  #jaf3jad ,the king's 
wrath is a messenger of death1 but a    
wise man          will pacify it4       
#jaf3jae ,in the light of the king's    

face is life4  ,his favor is like       
a cloud of the spring rain4  #jaf3jaf   
,how much better it is to get wisdom    
than gold6  ,yes1 to get                
understanding is to be chosen rather    
than silver4  #jaf3jag ,the highway of  
the upright is to depart from evil4     
,he who keeps his way preserves his     
soul4  #jaf3jah ,pride goes before      
destruction1 and a haughty spirit before
 a fall4  #jaf3jai ,it is better to be  
of a lowly spirit with the poor1 than to
          divide the plunder with the   
proud4  #jaf3jbj ,he who heeds the ,word
 finds prosperity4  ,whoever trusts     
in ,yahweh is blessed4  #jaf3jba ,the   
wise in heart shall be called prudent4  
,pleasantness of          the lips      
promotes instruction4  #jaf3jbb         
,understanding is a fountain of life to 
one who has it1          but the        
punishment of fools is their folly4     
#jaf3jbc ,the heart of the wise         
instructs his mouth1 and adds learning  
to his lips4  #jaf3jbd ,pleasant words  

are a honeycomb1 sweet to the soul1 and 
health          to the bones4  #jaf3jbe 
,there is a way which seems right to a  
man1 but in the end it          leads to
 death4  #jaf3jbf ,the appetite of the  
laboring man labors for him2 for his    
mouth          urges him on4  #jaf3jbg  
,a worthless man devises mischief4  ,his
 speech is like          a scorching    
fire4  #jaf3jbh ,a perverse man stirs up
 strife4  ,a whisperer separates close  
friends4  #jaf3jbi ,a man of violence   
entices his neighbor1 and leads him in a
 way          that is not good4         
#jaf3jcj ,one who winks his eyes to plot
 perversities1 one who compresses       
his lips1 is bent on evil4  #jaf3jca    
,gray hair is a crown of glory4  ,it is 
attained by a          life of          
righteousness4  #jaf3jcb ,one who is    
slow to anger is better than the mighty2
          one who rules his spirit1 than
 he who takes a city4  #jaf3jcc ,the lot
 is cast into the lap1 but its every    
decision          is from ,yahweh4      

#jag3jja ,better is a dry morsel with   
quietness1 than a house full          of
 feasting with strife4  #jag3jjb ,a     
servant who deals wisely will rule over 
a son who causes shame1          and    
shall have a part in the inheritance    
among the brothers4  #jag3jjc ,the      
refining pot is for silver1 and the     
furnace for gold1          but ,yahweh  
tests the hearts4  #jag3jjd ,an         
evil-doer heeds wicked lips4  ,a liar   
gives ear to          a mischievous     
tongue4  #jag3jje ,whoever mocks the    
poor reproaches his ,maker4  ,he who is 
glad          at calamity shall not be  
unpunished4  #jag3jjf ,children's       
children are the crown of old men2 the  
glory          of children are their    
parents4  #jag3jjg ,arrogant speech     
isn't fitting for a fool1 much less do  
lying          lips fit a prince4       
#jag3jjh ,a bribe is a precious stone in
 the eyes of him who gives it2          
wherever he turns1 he prospers4         
#jag3jji ,he who covers an offense      

promotes love2 but he who repeats       
a matter separates best friends4        
#jag3jaj ,a rebuke enters deeper into   
one who has understanding than          
a hundred lashes into a fool4  #jag3jaa 
,an evil man seeks only rebellion2      
therefore a cruel messenger             
shall be sent against him4  #jag3jab    
,let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a   
man1 rather than a fool          in his 
folly4  #jag3jac ,whoever rewards evil  
for good1 evil shall not depart         
from his house4  #jag3jad ,the beginning
 of strife is like breaching a dam1     
therefore stop          contention      
before quarreling breaks out4  #jag3jae 
,he who justifies the wicked1 and he who
 condemns the righteous1          both  
of them alike are an abomination to     
,yahweh4  #jag3jaf ,why is there money  
in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom1    
seeing he has no understanding8         
#jag3jag ,a friend loves at all times2  
and a brother is born for adversity4    
#jag3jah ,a man void of understanding   

strikes hands1 and becomes collateral   
in the presence of his neighbor4        
#jag3jai ,he who loves disobedience     
loves strife4  ,one who builds a high   
gate seeks destruction4  #jag3jbj ,one  
who has a perverse heart doesn't find   
prosperity1          and one who has a  
deceitful tongue falls into trouble4    
#jag3jba ,he who becomes the father of a
 fool grieves4  ,the father          of 
a fool has no joy4  #jag3jbb ,a cheerful
 heart makes good medicine1 but a       
crushed spirit          dries up the    
bones4  #jag3jbc ,a wicked man receives 
a bribe in secret1 to pervert           
the ways of justice4  #jag3jbd ,wisdom  
is before the face of one who has       
understanding1          but the eyes of 
a fool wander to the ends of the earth4 
#jag3jbe ,a foolish son brings grief to 
his father1 and bitterness          to  
her who bore him4  #jag3jbf ,also to    
punish the righteous is not good1 nor to
 flog officials          for their      
integrity4  #jag3jbg ,he who spares his 

words has knowledge4  ,he who is even   
tempered          is a man of           
understanding4  #jag3jbh ,even a fool1  
when he keeps silent1 is counted wise4  
,when he shuts his lips1 he is thought  
to be discerning4  #jah3jja ,an         
unfriendly man pursues selfishness1 and 
defies all sound judgment4  #jah3jjb ,a 
fool has no delight in understanding1   
but only in revealing          his own  
opinion4  #jah3jjc ,when wickedness     
comes1 contempt also comes1 and with    
shame comes disgrace4  #jah3jjd ,the    
words of a man's mouth are like deep    
waters4          ,the fountain of wisdom
 is like a flowing brook4  #jah3jje ,to 
be partial to the faces of the wicked is
 not good1          nor to deprive the  
innocent of justice4  #jah3jjf ,a fool's
 lips come into strife1 and his mouth   
invites beatings4  #jah3jjg ,a fool's   
mouth is his destruction1 and his lips  
are a snare          to his soul4       
#jah3jjh ,the words of a gossip are like
 dainty morsels3  they go down          

into a person's innermost parts4        
#jah3jji ,one who is slack in his work  
is brother to him who is a              
master of destruction4  #jah3jaj ,the   
name of ,yahweh is a strong tower3  the 
righteous run to him1          and are  
safe4  #jah3jaa ,the rich man's wealth  
is his strong city1 like an unscalable  
wall in his own imagination4  #jah3jab  
,before destruction the heart of man is 
proud1 but before          honor is     
humility4  #jah3jac ,he who gives answer
 before he hears1 that is folly and     
shame to him4  #jah3jad ,a man's spirit 
will sustain him in sickness1 but a     
crushed spirit1          who can bear8  
#jah3jae ,the heart of the discerning   
gets knowledge4  ,the ear of            
the wise seeks knowledge4  #jah3jaf ,a  
man's gift makes room for him1 and      
brings him before great men4  #jah3jag  
,he who pleads his cause first seems    
right2 until another comes          and 
questions him4  #jah3jah ,the lot       
settles disputes1 and keeps strong ones 

apart4  #jah3jai ,a brother offended is 
more difficult than a fortified city2   
and disputes are like the bars of a     
castle4  #jah3jbj ,a man's stomach is   
filled with the fruit of his mouth4     
,with the harvest of his lips he is     
satisfied4  #jah3jba ,death and life are
 in the power of the tongue2 those who  
love          it will eat its fruit4    
#jah3jbb ,whoever finds a wife finds a  
good thing1 and obtains          favor  
of ,yahweh4  #jah3jbc ,the poor plead   
for mercy1 but the rich answer harshly4 
#jah3jbd ,a man of many companions may  
be ruined1 but there is a friend        
who sticks closer than a brother4       
#jai3jja ,better is the poor who walks  
in his integrity than he who is         
perverse in his lips and is a fool4     
#jai3jjb ,it isn't good to have zeal    
without knowledge2 nor being hasty      
with one's feet and missing the way4    
#jai3jjc ,the foolishness of man        
subverts his way2 his heart             
rages against ,yahweh4  #jai3jjd ,wealth

 adds many friends1 but the poor is     
separated from his friend4  #jai3jje ,a 
false witness shall not be unpunished4  
,he who pours out lies          shall   
not go free4  #jai3jjf ,many will       
entreat the favor of a ruler1 and       
everyone is a friend          to a man  
who gives gifts4  #jai3jjg ,all the     
relatives of the poor shun him3  how    
much more          do his friends avoid 
him6  ,he pursues them with pleas1      
but they are gone4  #jai3jjh ,he who    
gets wisdom loves his own soul4  ,he who
 keeps understanding          shall find
 good4  #jai3jji ,a false witness shall 
not be unpunished4  ,he who utters      
lies shall perish4  #jai3jaj ,delicate  
living is not appropriate for a fool1   
much less          for a servant to have
 rule over princes4  #jai3jaa ,the      
discretion of a man makes him slow to   
anger4          ,it is his glory to     
overlook an offense4  #jai3jab ,the     
king's wrath is like the roaring of a   
lion1 but his favor          is like dew

 on the grass4  #jai3jac ,a foolish son 
is the calamity of his father4  ,a      
wife's quarrels          are a continual
 dripping4  #jai3jad ,house and riches  
are an inheritance from fathers1 but a  
prudent          wife is from ,yahweh4  
#jai3jae ,slothfulness casts into a deep
 sleep4  ,the idle soul          shall  
suffer hunger4  #jai3jaf ,he who keeps  
the commandment keeps his soul1 but he  
who is          contemptuous in his ways
 shall die4  #jai3jag ,he who has pity  
on the poor lends to ,yahweh2 he will   
reward him4  #jai3jah ,discipline your  
son1 for there is hope2 don't be a      
willing          party to his death4    
#jai3jai ,a hot-tempered man must pay   
the penalty1 for if you rescue him1     
you must do it again4  #jai3jbj ,listen 
to counsel and receive instruction1 that
 you may be wise          in your latter
 end4  #jai3jba ,there are many plans in
 a man's heart1 but ,yahweh's           
counsel will prevail4  #jai3jbb ,that   
which makes a man to be desired is his  

kindness4          ,a poor man is better
 than a liar4  #jai3jbc ,the fear of    
,yahweh leads to life1 then contentment2
 he rests          and will not be      
touched by trouble4  #jai3jbd ,the      
sluggard buries his hand in the dish2 he
 will not so much          as bring it  
to his mouth again4  #jai3jbe ,flog a   
scoffer1 and the simple will learn      
prudence2          rebuke one who has   
understanding1 and he will gain         
knowledge4  #jai3jbf ,he who robs his   
father and drives away his mother1 is a 
son          who causes shame and brings
 reproach4  #jai3jbg ,if you stop       
listening to instruction1 my son1 you   
will stray          from the words of   
knowledge4  #jai3jbh ,a corrupt witness 
mocks justice1 and the mouth of the     
wicked          gulps down iniquity4    
#jai3jbi ,penalties are prepared for    
scoffers1 and beatings for the          
backs of fools4  #jbj3jja ,wine is a    
mocker1 and beer is a brawler4  ,whoever
 is led astray          by them is not  

wise4  #jbj3jjb ,the terror of a king is
 like the roaring of a lion4            
,he who provokes him to anger forfeits  
his own life4  #jbj3jjc ,it is an honor 
for a man to keep aloof from strife2 but
 every          fool will be quarreling4
  #jbj3jjd ,the sluggard will not plow  
by reason of the winter2                
therefore he shall beg in harvest1 and  
have nothing4  #jbj3jje ,counsel in the 
heart of man is like deep water2 but a  
man          of understanding will draw 
it out4  #jbj3jjf ,many men claim to be 
men of unfailing love1 but who can find 
a faithful man8  #jbj3jjg ,a righteous  
man walks in integrity4  ,blessed are   
his          children after him4        
#jbj3jjh ,a king who sits on the throne 
of judgment scatters away all           
evil with his eyes4  #jbj3jji ,who can  
say1 ,i have made my heart pure4  ,i am 
clean          and without sin8         
#jbj3jaj ,differing weights and         
differing measures1 both of them alike  
are an abomination to ,yahweh4  #jbj3jaa

 ,even a child makes himself known by   
his doings1 whether his          work is
 pure1 and whether it is right4         
#jbj3jab ,the hearing ear1 and the      
seeing eye1 ,yahweh has made even       
both of them4  #jbj3jac ,don't love     
sleep1 lest you come to poverty4  ,open 
your eyes1          and you shall be    
satisfied with bread4  #jbj3jad ,it's no
 good1 it's no good1 says the buyer2 but
 when he is          gone his way1 then 
he boasts4  #jbj3jae ,there is gold and 
abundance of rubies2 but the lips of    
knowledge          are a rare jewel4    
#jbj3jaf ,take the garment of one who   
puts up collateral for a stranger2      
and hold him in pledge for a wayward    
woman4  #jbj3jag ,fraudulent food is    
sweet to a man1 but afterwards his mouth
          is filled with gravel4        
#jbj3jah ,plans are established by      
advice2 by wise guidance you wage war6  
#jbj3jai ,he who goes about as a        
tale-bearer reveals secrets2            
therefore don't keep company with him   

who opens wide his lips4  #jbj3jbj      
,whoever curses his father or his       
mother1 his lamp shall be put           
out in blackness of darkness4  #jbj3jba 
,an inheritance quickly gained at the   
beginning1 won't be blessed          in 
the end4  #jbj3jbb ,don't say1 ,i will  
pay back evil4  ,wait for ,yahweh1      
and he will save you4  #jbj3jbc ,yahweh 
detests differing weights1 and dishonest
 scales          are not pleasing4      
#jbj3jbd ,a man's steps are from        
,yahweh2 how then can man understand his
 way8  #jbj3jbe ,it is a snare to a man 
to make a rash dedication1 then later   
to consider his vows4  #jbj3jbf ,a wise 
king winnows out the wicked1 and drives 
the threshing          wheel over them4 
#jbj3jbg ,the spirit of man is ,yahweh's
 lamp1 searching all          his       
innermost parts4  #jbj3jbh ,love and    
faithfulness keep the king safe4  ,his  
throne is          sustained by love4   
#jbj3jbi ,the glory of young men is     
their strength4  ,the splendor of old   

men is their gray hair4  #jbj3jcj       
,wounding blows cleanse away evil1 and  
beatings purge          the innermost   
parts4  #jba3jja ,the king's heart is in
 ,yahweh's hand like the watercourses4  
,he turns it wherever he desires4       
#jba3jjb ,every way of a man is right in
 his own eyes1 but ,yahweh              
weighs the hearts4  #jba3jjc ,to do     
righteousness and justice is more       
acceptable to          ,yahweh than     
sacrifice4  #jba3jjd ,a high look1 and a
 proud heart1 the lamp of the wicked1 is
 sin4  #jba3jje ,the plans of the       
diligent surely lead to profit2 and     
everyone          who is hasty surely   
rushes to poverty4  #jba3jjf ,getting   
treasures by a lying tongue is a        
fleeting vapor          for those who   
seek death4  #jba3jjg ,the violence of  
the wicked will drive them away1 because
 they          refuse to do what is     
right4  #jba3jjh ,the way of the guilty 
is devious1 but the conduct of the      
innocent is upright4  #jba3jji ,it is   

better to dwell in the corner of the    
housetop1          than to share a house
 with a contentious woman4  #jba3jaj    
,the soul of the wicked desires evil2   
his neighbor finds no mercy          in 
his eyes4  #jba3jaa ,when the mocker is 
punished1 the simple gains wisdom4      
,when the wise is instructed1 he        
receives knowledge4  #jba3jab ,the      
,righteous ,one considers the house of  
the wicked1 and brings          the     
wicked to ruin4  #jba3jac ,whoever stops
 his ears at the cry of the poor1 he    
will also cry out1          but shall   
not be heard4  #jba3jad ,a gift in      
secret pacifies anger2 and a bribe in   
the cloak1          strong wrath4       
#jba3jae ,it is joy to the righteous to 
do justice2 but it is a destruction     
to the workers of iniquity4  #jba3jaf   
,the man who wanders out of the way of  
understanding shall rest          in the
 assembly of the dead4  #jba3jag ,he who
 loves pleasure shall be a poor man4    
,he who loves wine          and oil     

shall not be rich4  #jba3jah ,the wicked
 is a ransom for the righteous2 the     
treacherous          for the upright4   
#jba3jai ,it is better to dwell in a    
desert land1 than with a contentious    
and fretful woman4  #jba3jbj ,there is  
precious treasure and oil in the        
dwelling of the wise2          but a    
foolish man swallows it up4  #jba3jba   
,he who follows after righteousness and 
kindness finds life1                    
righteousness1 and honor4  #jba3jbb ,a  
wise man scales the city of the mighty1 
and brings down          the strength of
 its confidence4  #jba3jbc ,whoever     
guards his mouth and his tongue keeps   
his soul from troubles4  #jba3jbd ,the  
proud and haughty man1 scoffer is his   
name2 he works          in the arrogance
 of pride4  #jba3jbe ,the desire of the 
sluggard kills him1 for his hands refuse
 to labor4  #jba3jbf ,there are those   
who covet greedily all day long2 but the
 righteous          give and don't      
withhold4  #jba3jbg ,the sacrifice of   

the wicked is an abomination3  how much 
more1          when he brings it with a 
wicked mind6  #jba3jbh ,a false witness 
will perish1 and a man who listens      
speaks to eternity4  #jba3jbi ,a wicked 
man hardens his face2 but as for the    
upright1          he establishes his    
ways4  #jba3jcj ,there is no wisdom nor 
understanding nor counsel against       
,yahweh4  #jba3jca ,the horse is        
prepared for the day of battle2 but     
victory          is with ,yahweh4       
#jbb3jja ,a good name is more desirable 
than great riches1 and loving           
favor is better than silver and gold4   
#jbb3jjb ,the rich and the poor have    
this in common3  ,yahweh is the maker   
of them all4  #jbb3jjc ,a prudent man   
sees danger1 and hides himself2 but the 
simple          pass on1 and suffer for 
it4  #jbb3jjd ,the result of humility   
and the fear of ,yahweh is wealth1      
honor1 and life4  #jbb3jje ,thorns and  
snares are in the path of the wicked3   
whoever guards his soul stays from them4

  #jbb3jjf ,train up a child in the way 
he should go1 and when he is old        
he will not depart from it4  #jbb3jjg   
,the rich rule over the poor4  ,the     
borrower is servant          to the     
lender4  #jbb3jjh ,he who sows          
wickedness reaps trouble1 and the rod of
 his fury          will be destroyed4   
#jbb3jji ,he who has a generous eye will
 be blessed2 for he shares his          
food with the poor4  #jbb3jaj ,drive out
 the mocker1 and strife will go out2    
yes1 quarrels and          insults will 
stop4  #jbb3jaa ,he who loves purity of 
heart and speaks gracefully is          
the king's friend4  #jbb3jab ,the eyes  
of ,yahweh watch over knowledge2 but he 
frustrates          the words of the    
unfaithful4  #jbb3jac ,the sluggard     
says1 ,there is a lion outside6  ,i will
 be killed          in the streets6     
#jbb3jad ,the mouth of an adulteress is 
a deep pit3  he who is under            
,yahweh's wrath will fall into it4      
#jbb3jae ,folly is bound up in the heart

 of a child3  the rod of discipline     
drives it far from him4  #jbb3jaf       
,whoever oppresses the poor for his own 
increase and whoever          gives to  
the rich1 both come to poverty4         
#jbb3jag ,turn your ear1 and listen to  
the words of the wise4          ,apply  
your heart to my teaching4  #jbb3jah    
,for it is a pleasant thing if you keep 
them within you1          if all of them
 are ready on your lips4  #jbb3jai ,that
 your trust may be in ,yahweh1 ,i teach 
you today1 even you4  #jbb3jbj ,haven't 
,i written to you thirty excellent      
things of          counsel and          
knowledge1  #jbb3jba ,to teach you      
truth1 reliable words1 to give sound    
answers          to the ones who sent   
you8  #jbb3jbb ,don't exploit the poor1 
because he is poor2 and don't crush     
the needy in court2  #jbb3jbc for       
,yahweh will plead their case1 and      
plunder the life          of those who  
plunder them4  #jbb3jbd ,don't befriend 
a hot-tempered man1 and don't associate 

with one          who harbors anger3    
#jbb3jbe lest you learn his ways1 and   
ensnare your soul4  #jbb3jbf ,don't you 
be one of those who strike hands1 of    
those who are          collateral for   
debts4  #jbb3jbg ,if you don't have     
means to pay1 why should he take away   
your          bed from under you8       
#jbb3jbh ,don't move the ancient        
boundary stone1 which your fathers      
have set up4  #jbb3jbi ,do you see a man
 skilled in his work8  ,he will serve   
kings4          ,he won't serve obscure 
men4  #jbc3jja ,when you sit to eat with
 a ruler1 consider diligently what      
is before you2  #jbc3jjb put a knife to 
your throat1 if you are a man given to  
appetite4  #jbc3jjc ,don't be desirous  
of his dainties1 seeing they are        
deceitful food4  #jbc3jjd ,don't weary  
yourself to be rich4  ,in your wisdom1  
show restraint4  #jbc3jje ,why do you   
set your eyes on that which is not8     
,for it certainly          sprouts wings
 like an eagle and flies in the sky4    

#jbc3jjf ,don't eat the food of him who 
has a stingy eye1 and don't             
crave his delicacies3  #jbc3jjg for as  
he thinks about the cost1 so he is4     
,eat and drink6          he says to you1
 but his heart is not with you4         
#jbc3jjh ,the morsel which you have     
eaten you shall vomit up1 and lose      
your good words4  #jbc3jji ,don't speak 
in the ears of a fool1 for he will      
despise the wisdom          of your     
words4  #jbc3jaj ,don't move the ancient
 boundary stone4  ,don't encroach on    
the fields of the fatherless3  #jbc3jaa 
for their ,defender is strong4  ,he will
 plead their case against you4  #jbc3jab
 ,apply your heart to instruction1 and  
your ears to the          words of      
knowledge4  #jbc3jac ,don't withhold    
correction from a child4  ,if you punish
 him          with the rod1 he will not 
die4  #jbc3jad ,punish him with the rod1
 and save his soul from ,sheol4         
#jbc3jae ,my son1 if your heart is wise1
 then my heart will be glad1 even mine3 

#jbc3jaf yes1 my heart will rejoice1    
when your lips speak what is right4     
#jbc3jag ,don't let your heart envy     
sinners2 but rather fear ,yahweh        
all the day long4  #jbc3jah ,indeed     
surely there is a future hope1 and your 
hope will not          be cut off4      
#jbc3jai ,listen1 my son1 and be wise1  
and keep your heart on the right path6  
#jbc3jbj ,don't be among ones drinking  
too much wine1 or those who gorge       
themselves on meat3  #jbc3jba for the   
drunkard and the glutton shall become   
poor2          and drowsiness clothes   
them in rags4  #jbc3jbb ,listen to your 
father who gave you life1 and don't     
despise          your mother when she is
 old4  #jbc3jbc ,buy the truth1 and     
don't sell it4  ,get wisdom1 discipline1
          and understanding4  #jbc3jbd  
,the father of the righteous has great  
joy4  ,whoever fathers          a wise  
child delights in him4  #jbc3jbe ,let   
your father and your mother be glad6    
,let her who          bore you rejoice6 

#jbc3jbf ,my son1 give me your heart2   
and let your eyes keep in my ways4      
#jbc3jbg ,for a prostitute is a deep    
pit2 and a wayward wife is          a   
narrow well4  #jbc3jbh ,yes1 she lies in
 wait like a robber1 and increases the  
unfaithful among men4  #jbc3jbi ,who has
 woe8  ,who has sorrow8  ,who has       
strife8  ,who has complaints8           
,who has needless bruises8  ,who has    
bloodshot eyes8  #jbc3jcj ,those who    
stay long at the wine2 those who go to  
seek          out mixed wine4  #jbc3jca 
,don't look at the wine when it is red1 
when it sparkles in the cup1            
when it goes down smoothly4  #jbc3jcb   
,in the end1 it bites like a snake1 and 
poisons like a viper4  #jbc3jcc ,your   
eyes will see strange things1 and your  
mind will          imagine confusing    
things4  #jbc3jcd ,yes1 you will be as  
he who lies down in the midst of the    
sea1          or as he who lies on top  
of the rigging3  #jbc3jce ,they hit me1 
and ,i was not hurt6  ,they beat me1 and

 ,i          don't feel it6  ,when will 
,i wake up8  ,i can do it again4        
,i can find another4  #jbd3jja ,don't be
 envious of evil men2 neither desire to 
be with them3  #jbd3jjb for their hearts
 plot violence1 and their lips talk     
about mischief4  #jbd3jjc ,through      
wisdom a house is built2 by             
understanding it is established2        
#jbd3jjd by knowledge the rooms are     
filled with all rare          and       
beautiful treasure4  #jbd3jje ,a wise   
man has great power2 and a knowledgeable
          man increases strength2       
#jbd3jjf for by wise guidance you wage  
your war2 and victory is          in    
many advisors4  #jbd3jjg ,wisdom is too 
high for a fool3  he doesn't open his   
mouth          in the gate4  #jbd3jjh   
,one who plots to do evil will be called
 a schemer4  #jbd3jji ,the schemes of   
folly are sin4  ,the mocker is detested 
by men4  #jbd3jaj ,if you falter in the 
time of trouble1 your strength is small4
  #jbd3jaa ,rescue those who are being  

led away to death6  ,indeed1 hold back  
those who are staggering to the         
slaughter6  #jbd3jab ,if you say1       
,behold1 we didn't know this2 doesn't he
 who weighs          the hearts consider
 it8  ,he who keeps your soul1 doesn't  
he know it8          ,shall he not      
render to every man according to his    
work8  #jbd3jac ,my son1 eat honey1 for 
it is good2 the droppings of the        
honeycomb1          which are sweet to  
your taste3  #jbd3jad so you shall know 
wisdom to be to your soul2 if you have  
found it1          then there will be a 
reward1 your hope will not be cut off4  
#jbd3jae ,don't lay in wait1 wicked man1
 against the habitation of          the 
righteous4  ,don't destroy his resting  
place3  #jbd3jaf for a righteous man    
falls seven times1 and rises up again2  
but the wicked are overthrown by        
calamity4  #jbd3jag ,don't rejoice when 
your enemy falls4  ,don't let your heart
          be glad when he is overthrown2
  #jbd3jah lest ,yahweh see it1 and it  

displease him1 and he turn away         
his wrath from him4  #jbd3jai ,don't    
fret yourself because of evildoers2     
neither be envious          of the      
wicked3  #jbd3jbj for there will be no  
reward to the evil man2 and the lamp    
of the wicked shall be snuffed out4     
#jbd3jba ,my son1 fear ,yahweh and the  
king4  ,don't join those          who   
are rebellious3  #jbd3jbb for their     
calamity will rise suddenly2 the        
destruction from          them both--who
 knows8  #jbd3jbc ,these also are       
sayings of the wise4  ,to show          
partiality          in judgment is not  
good4  #jbd3jbd ,he who says to the     
wicked1 ,you are righteous2 peoples     
shall          curse him1 and nations   
shall abhor him--  #jbd3jbe but it will 
go well with those who convict the      
guilty1          and a rich blessing    
will come on them4  #jbd3jbf ,an honest 
answer is like a kiss on the lips4      
#jbd3jbg ,prepare your work outside1 and
 get your fields ready4                 

,afterwards1 build your house4  #jbd3jbh
 ,don't be a witness against your       
neighbor without cause4          ,don't 
deceive with your lips4  #jbd3jbi ,don't
 say1 ,i will do to him as he has done  
to me2 ,i will render          to the   
man according to his work4  #jbd3jcj ,i 
went by the field of the sluggard1 by   
the vineyard of the man          void of
 understanding2  #jbd3jca ,behold1 it   
was all grown over with thorns4  ,its   
surface was          covered with       
nettles1 and its stone wall was broken  
down4  #jbd3jcb ,then ,i saw1 and       
considered well4  ,i saw1 and received  
instruction3  #jbd3jcc a little sleep1 a
 little slumber1 a little folding of the
          hands to sleep2  #jbd3jcd so  
shall your poverty come as a robber1 and
 your want as          an armed man4    
#jbe3jja ,these also are proverbs of    
,solomon1 which the men of ,hezekiah    
king of ,judah copied out4  #jbe3jjb ,it
 is the glory of ,god to conceal a      
thing1 but the glory          of kings  

is to search out a matter4  #jbe3jjc ,as
 the heavens for height1 and the earth  
for depth1 so the hearts          of    
kings are unsearchable4  #jbe3jjd ,take 
away the dross from the silver1 and     
material comes out          for the     
refiner2  #jbe3jje ,take away the wicked
 from the king's presence1 and his      
throne          will be established in  
righteousness4  #jbe3jjf ,don't exalt   
yourself in the presence of the king1 or
 claim          a place among great men2
  #jbe3jjg for it is better that it be  
said to you1 ,come up here1             
than that you should be put lower in the
 presence of the prince1          whom  
your eyes have seen4  #jbe3jjh ,don't be
 hasty in bringing charges to court4    
,what will you          do in the end   
when your neighbor shames you8  #jbe3jji
 ,debate your case with your neighbor1  
and don't betray          the confidence
 of another2  #jbe3jaj lest one who     
hears it put you to shame1 and your bad 
reputation never depart4  #jbe3jaa ,a   

word fitly spoken is like apples of gold
 in settings of silver4  #jbe3jab ,as an
 earring of gold1 and an ornament of    
fine gold1          so is a wise        
reprover to an obedient ear4  #jbe3jac  
,as the cold of snow in the time of     
harvest1 so is a faithful               
messenger to those who send him2 for he 
refreshes the soul          of his      
masters4  #jbe3jad ,as clouds and wind  
without rain1 so is he who boasts       
of gifts deceptively4  #jbe3jae ,by     
patience a ruler is persuaded4  ,a soft 
tongue breaks the bone4  #jbe3jaf ,have 
you found honey8  ,eat as much as is    
sufficient for you1          lest you   
eat too much1 and vomit it4  #jbe3jag   
,let your foot be seldom in your        
neighbor's house1 lest he be            
weary of you1 and hate you4  #jbe3jah ,a
 man who gives false testimony against  
his neighbor is like a club1          a 
sword1 or a sharp arrow4  #jbe3jai      
,confidence in someone unfaithful in    
time of trouble is like          a bad  

tooth1 or a lame foot4  #jbe3jbj ,as one
 who takes away a garment in cold       
weather1 or vinegar          on soda1 so
 is one who sings songs to a heavy      
heart4  #jbe3jba ,if your enemy is      
hungry1 give him food to eat4  ,if he is
 thirsty1          give him water to    
drink3  #jbe3jbb for you will heap coals
 of fire on his head1 and ,yahweh       
will reward you4  #jbe3jbc ,the north   
wind brings forth rain3  so a backbiting
 tongue          brings an angry face4  
#jbe3jbd ,it is better to dwell in the  
corner of the housetop1          than to
 share a house with a contentious woman4
  #jbe3jbe ,like cold water to a thirsty
 soul1 so is good news from          a  
far country4  #jbe3jbf ,like a muddied  
spring1 and a polluted well1 so is a    
righteous          man who gives way    
before the wicked4  #jbe3jbg ,it is not 
good to eat much honey2 nor is it       
honorable to seek          one's own    
honor4  #jbe3jbh ,like a city that is   
broken down and without walls is a man  

whose spirit is without restraint4      
#jbf3jja ,like snow in summer1 and as   
rain in harvest1 so honor is not        
fitting for a fool4  #jbf3jjb ,like a   
fluttering sparrow1 like a darting      
swallow1          so the undeserved     
curse doesn't come to rest4  #jbf3jjc ,a
 whip is for the horse1 a bridle for the
 donkey1 and a rod          for the back
 of fools6  #jbf3jjd ,don't answer a    
fool according to his folly1 lest you   
also          be like him4  #jbf3jje    
,answer a fool according to his folly1  
lest he be wise in          his own     
eyes4  #jbf3jjf ,one who sends a message
 by the hand of a fool is cutting off   
feet and drinking violence4  #jbf3jjg   
,like the legs of the lame that hang    
loose3  so is a parable          in the 
mouth of fools4  #jbf3jjh ,as one who   
binds a stone in a sling1 so is he who  
gives honor          to a fool4         
#jbf3jji ,like a thornbush that goes    
into the hand of a drunkard1          so
 is a parable in the mouth of fools4    

#jbf3jaj ,as an archer who wounds all1  
so is he who hires a fool          or he
 who hires those who pass by4  #jbf3jaa 
,as a dog that returns to his vomit1 so 
is a fool who          repeats his      
folly4  #jbf3jab ,do you see a man wise 
in his own eyes8  ,there is more hope   
for a fool than for him4  #jbf3jac ,the 
sluggard says1 ,there is a lion in the  
road6          ,a fierce lion roams the 
streets6  #jbf3jad ,as the door turns on
 its hinges1 so does the sluggard on his
 bed4  #jbf3jae ,the sluggard buries his
 hand in the dish4  ,he is too lazy     
to bring it back to his mouth4  #jbf3jaf
 ,the sluggard is wiser in his own eyes 
than seven men who          answer with 
discretion4  #jbf3jag ,like one who     
grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by 
and meddles          in a quarrel not   
his own4  #jbf3jah ,like a madman who   
shoots firebrands1 arrows1 and death1   
#jbf3jai is the man who deceives his    
neighbor and says1 ,am ,i not joking8   
#jbf3jbj ,for lack of wood a fire goes  

out4  ,without gossip1          a       
quarrel dies down4  #jbf3jba ,as coals  
are to hot embers1 and wood to fire1 so 
is a contentious          man to        
kindling strife4  #jbf3jbb ,the words of
 a whisperer are as dainty morsels1 they
 go down          into the innermost    
parts4  #jbf3jbc ,like silver dross on  
an earthen vessel are the lips of a     
fervent          one with an evil heart4
  #jbf3jbd ,a malicious man disguises   
himself with his lips1 but he harbors   
evil in his heart4  #jbf3jbe ,when his  
speech is charming1 don't believe him2  
for there          are seven            
abominations in his heart4  #jbf3jbf    
,his malice may be concealed by         
deception1 but his wickedness           
will be exposed in the assembly4        
#jbf3jbg ,whoever digs a pit shall fall 
into it4  ,whoever rolls a stone1       
it will come back on him4  #jbf3jbh ,a  
lying tongue hates those it hurts2 and a
 flattering          mouth works ruin4  
#jbg3jja ,don't boast about tomorrow2   

for you don't know what a day           
may bring forth4  #jbg3jjb ,let another 
man praise you1 and not your own mouth2 
a stranger1          and not your own   
lips4  #jbg3jjc ,a stone is heavy1 and  
sand is a burden2 but a fool's          
provocation          is heavier than    
both4  #jbg3jjd ,wrath is cruel1 and    
anger is overwhelming2 but who is able  
to stand before jealousy8  #jbg3jje     
,better is open rebuke than hidden love4
  #jbg3jjf ,faithful are the wounds of a
 friend2 although the kisses          of
 an enemy are profuse4  #jbg3jjg ,a full
 soul loathes a honeycomb2 but to a     
hungry soul1          every bitter thing
 is sweet4  #jbg3jjh ,as a bird that    
wanders from her nest1 so is a man who  
wanders          from his home4         
#jbg3jji ,perfume and incense bring joy 
to the heart2 so does earnest           
counsel from a man's friend4  #jbg3jaj  
,don't forsake your friend and your     
father's friend4          ,don't go to  
your brother's house in the day of your 

disaster3          better is a neighbor 
who is near than a distant brother4     
#jbg3jaa ,be wise1 my son1 and bring joy
 to my heart1 then ,i can               
answer my tormentor4  #jbg3jab ,a       
prudent man sees danger and takes       
refuge2 but the simple          pass on1
 and suffer for it4  #jbg3jac ,take his 
garment when he puts up collateral for a
 stranger4          ,hold it for a      
wayward woman6  #jbg3jad ,he who blesses
 his neighbor with a loud voice early in
 the morning1          it will be taken 
as a curse by him4  #jbg3jae ,a         
continual dropping on a rainy day and a 
contentious          wife are alike3    
#jbg3jaf restraining her is like        
restraining the wind1 or like grasping  
oil in his right hand4  #jbg3jag ,iron  
sharpens iron2 so a man sharpens his    
friend's countenance4  #jbg3jah ,whoever
 tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit4
          ,he who looks after his master
 shall be honored4  #jbg3jai ,as water  
reflects a face1 so a man's heart       

reflects the man4  #jbg3jbj ,sheol and  
,abaddon are never satisfied2 and a     
man's eyes          are never satisfied4
  #jbg3jba ,the crucible is for silver1 
and the furnace for gold2          but  
man is refined by his praise4  #jbg3jbb 
,though you grind a fool in a mortar    
with a pestle along with grain1         
yet his foolishness will not be removed 
from him4  #jbg3jbc ,know well the state
 of your flocks1 and pay attention      
to your herds3  #jbg3jbd for riches are 
not forever1 nor does even the crown    
endure          to all generations4     
#jbg3jbe ,the hay is removed1 and the   
new growth appears1 the grasses         
of the hills are gathered in4  #jbg3jbf 
,the lambs are for your clothing1 and   
the goats are the price          of a   
field4  #jbg3jbg ,there will be plenty  
of goats' milk for your food1 for your  
family's food1 and for the nourishment  
of your servant girls4  #jbh3jja ,the   
wicked flee when no one pursues2 but the
 righteous are          as bold as a    

lion4  #jbh3jjb ,in rebellion1 a land   
has many rulers1 but order is maintained
          by a man of understanding and 
knowledge4  #jbh3jjc ,a needy man who   
oppresses the poor is like a driving    
rain          which leaves no crops4    
#jbh3jjd ,those who forsake the law     
praise the wicked2 but those who keep   
the law contend with them4  #jbh3jje    
,evil men don't understand justice2 but 
those who seek ,yahweh                  
understand it fully4  #jbh3jjf ,better  
is the poor who walks in his integrity1 
than he who is          perverse in his 
ways1 and he is rich4  #jbh3jjg ,whoever
 keeps the law is a wise son2 but he who
 is a companion          of gluttons    
shames his father4  #jbh3jjh ,he who    
increases his wealth by excessive       
interest gathers it          for one who
 has pity on the poor4  #jbh3jji ,he who
 turns away his ear from hearing the    
law1 even his prayer          is an     
abomination4  #jbh3jaj ,whoever causes  
the upright to go astray in an evil way1

 he will          fall into his own     
trap2 but the blameless will inherit    
good4  #jbh3jaa ,the rich man is wise in
 his own eyes2 but the poor who has     
understanding sees through him4         
#jbh3jab ,when the righteous triumph1   
there is great glory2 but when          
the wicked rise1 men hide themselves4   
#jbh3jac ,he who conceals his sins      
doesn't prosper1 but whoever confesses  
and renounces them finds mercy4         
#jbh3jad ,blessed is the man who always 
fears2 but one who hardens his          
heart falls into trouble4  #jbh3jae ,as 
a roaring lion or a charging bear1 so is
 a wicked ruler          over helpless  
people4  #jbh3jaf ,a tyrannical ruler   
lacks judgment4  ,one who hates         
ill-gotten          gain will have long 
days4  #jbh3jag ,a man who is tormented 
by life blood will be a fugitive until  
death2          no one will support him4
  #jbh3jah ,whoever walks blamelessly is
 kept safe2 but one with perverse       
ways will fall suddenly4  #jbh3jai ,one 

who works his land will have an         
abundance of food2          but one who 
chases fantasies will have his fill of  
poverty4  #jbh3jbj ,a faithful man is   
rich with blessings2 but one who is     
eager          to be rich will not go   
unpunished4  #jbh3jba ,to show          
partiality is not good2 yet a man will  
do wrong          for a piece of bread4 
#jbh3jbb ,a stingy man hurries after    
riches1 and doesn't know that poverty   
waits for him4  #jbh3jbc ,one who       
rebukes a man will afterward find more  
favor than one          who flatters    
with the tongue4  #jbh3jbd ,whoever robs
 his father or his mother1 and says1    
,it's not wrong4          ,he is a      
partner with a destroyer4  #jbh3jbe ,one
 who is greedy stirs up strife2 but one 
who trusts in          ,yahweh will     
prosper4  #jbh3jbf ,one who trusts in   
himself is a fool2 but one who walks in 
wisdom          is kept safe4  #jbh3jbg 
,one who gives to the poor has no lack2 
but one who closes          his eyes    

will have many curses4  #jbh3jbh ,when  
the wicked rise1 men hide themselves2   
but when they perish1          the      
righteous thrive4  #jbi3jja ,he who is  
often rebuked and stiffens his neck will
 be          destroyed suddenly1 with no
 remedy4  #jbi3jjb ,when the righteous  
thrive1 the people rejoice2 but when    
the wicked rule1 the people groan4      
#jbi3jjc ,whoever loves wisdom brings   
joy to his father2 but a companion      
of prostitutes squanders his wealth4    
#jbi3jjd ,the king by justice makes the 
land stable1 but he who takes           
bribes tears it down4  #jbi3jje ,a man  
who flatters his neighbor spreads a net 
for his feet4  #jbi3jjf ,an evil man is 
snared by his sin1 but the righteous can
 sing          and be glad4  #jbi3jjg   
,the righteous care about justice for   
the poor4  ,the wicked          aren't  
concerned about knowledge4  #jbi3jjh    
,mockers stir up a city1 but wise men   
turn away anger4  #jbi3jji ,if a wise   
man goes to court with a foolish man1   

the fool rages          or scoffs1 and  
there is no peace4  #jbi3jaj ,the       
bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity2   
and they seek the life          of the  
upright4  #jbi3jaa ,a fool vents all of 
his anger1 but a wise man brings        
himself under control4  #jbi3jab ,if a  
ruler listens to lies1 all of his       
officials are wicked4  #jbi3jac ,the    
poor man and the oppressor have this in 
common3          ,yahweh gives sight to 
the eyes of both4  #jbi3jad ,the king   
who fairly judges the poor1 his throne  
shall          be established forever4  
#jbi3jae ,the rod of correction gives   
wisdom1 but a child left to himself     
causes shame to his mother4  #jbi3jaf   
,when the wicked increase1 sin          
increases2 but the righteous            
will see their downfall4  #jbi3jag      
,correct your son1 and he will give you 
peace2 yes1 he will bring               
delight to your soul4  #jbi3jah ,where  
there is no revelation1 the people cast 
off restraint2          but one who     

keeps the law is blessed4  #jbi3jai ,a  
servant can't be corrected by words4    
,though he understands1          yet he 
will not respond4  #jbi3jbj ,do you see 
a man who is hasty in his words8  ,there
 is more hope          for a fool than  
for him4  #jbi3jba ,he who pampers his  
servant from youth will have him become 
a son in the end4  #jbi3jbb ,an angry   
man stirs up strife1 and a wrathful man 
abounds in sin4  #jbi3jbc ,a man's pride
 brings him low1 but one of lowly spirit
 gains honor4  #jbi3jbd ,whoever is an  
accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his
 own soul4          ,he takes an oath1  
but dares not testify4  #jbi3jbe ,the   
fear of man proves to be a snare1 but   
whoever puts his trust          in      
,yahweh is kept safe4  #jbi3jbf ,many   
seek the ruler's favor1 but a man's     
justice comes from ,yahweh4  #jbi3jbg ,a
 dishonest man detests the righteous1   
and the upright in their          ways  
detest the wicked4  #jcj3jja ,the words 
of ,agur the son of ,jakeh1 the oracle3 

the man says to ,ithiel1 to ,ithiel and 
,ucal3  #jcj3jjb ,surely ,i am the most 
ignorant man1 and don't have          a 
man's understanding4  #jcj3jjc ,i have  
not learned wisdom1 neither do ,i have  
the knowledge          of the ,holy     
,one4  #jcj3jjd ,who has ascended up    
into heaven1 and descended8  ,who has   
gathered the wind in his fists8  ,who   
has bound the waters          in his    
garment8  ,who has established all the  
ends of the earth8          ,what is his
 name1 and what is his son's name1 if   
you know8  #jcj3jje ,every word of ,god 
is flawless4  ,he is a shield to those  
who take          refuge in him4        
#jcj3jjf ,don't you add to his words1   
lest he reprove you1 and you          be
 found a liar4  #jcj3jjg ,two things ,i 
have asked of you2 don't deny me before 
,i die3  #jcj3jjh ,remove far from me   
falsehood and lies4  ,give me neither   
poverty          nor riches4  ,feed me  
with the food that is needful for me2   
#jcj3jji lest ,i be full1 deny you1 and 

say1 ',who is ,yahweh8' or lest         
,i be poor1 and steal1 and so dishonor  
the name of my ,god4  #jcj3jaj ,don't   
slander a servant to his master1 lest he
 curse you1          and you be held    
guilty4  #jcj3jaa ,there is a generation
 that curses their father1 and doesn't  
bless their mother4  #jcj3jab ,there is 
a generation that is pure in their own  
eyes1          yet are not washed from  
their filthiness4  #jcj3jac ,there is a 
generation1 oh how lofty are their eyes6
          ,their eyelids are lifted up4 
#jcj3jad ,there is a generation whose   
teeth are like swords1 and their        
jaws like knives1 to devour the poor    
from the earth1          and the needy  
from among men4  #jcj3jae ,the leach has
 two daughters3  ',give1 give4'  ,there 
are three          things that are never
 satisfied2 four that don't say1        
',enough3'  #jcj3jaf ,sheol1 the barren 
womb2 the earth that is not satisfied   
with water2          and the fire that  
doesn't say1 ',enough4'  #jcj3jag ,the  

eye that mocks at his father1 and scorns
 obedience          to his mother3  the 
ravens of the valley shall pick it out1 
the young eagles shall eat it4  #jcj3jah
 ,there are three things which are too  
amazing for me1          four which ,i  
don't understand3  #jcj3jai ,the way of 
an eagle in the air2 the way of a       
serpent on a rock2          the way of a
 ship in the midst of the sea2 and the  
way of a man          with a maiden4    
#jcj3jbj ,so is the way of an adulterous
 woman3  she eats and wipes          her
 mouth1 and says1 ',i have done nothing 
wrong4'  #jcj3jba ,for three things the 
earth tremble1 and under four1          
it can't bear up3  #jcj3jbb ,for a      
servant when he is king2 a fool when he 
is filled with food2  #jcj3jbc for an   
unloved woman when she is married2 and a
 handmaid          who is heir to her   
mistress4  #jcj3jbd ,there are four     
things which are little on the earth1   
but they are exceedingly wise3  #jcj3jbe
 the ants are not a strong people1 yet  

they provide their food          in the 
summer4  #jcj3jbf ,the conies are but a 
feeble folk1 yet make they their houses 
in the rocks4  #jcj3jbg ,the locusts    
have no king1 yet they advance in ranks4
  #jcj3jbh ,you can catch a lizard with 
your hands1 yet it is in kings' palaces4
  #jcj3jbi ,there are three things which
 are stately in their march1            
four which are stately in going3        
#jcj3jcj ,the lion1 which is mightiest  
among animals1 and doesn't turn         
away for any2  #jcj3jca the greyhound1  
the male goat also2 and the king against
 whom          there is no rising up4   
#jcj3jcb ,if you have done foolishly in 
lifting up yourself1 or if you          
have thought evil1 put your hand over   
your mouth4  #jcj3jcc ,for as the       
churning of milk brings forth butter1   
and the wringing          of the nose   
brings forth blood2 so the forcing of   
wrath          brings forth strife4     
#jca3jja ,the words of king ,lemuel2 the
 oracle which his mother taught him4    

#jca3jjb ,oh1 my son6  ,oh1 son of my   
womb6  ,oh1 son of my vows6  #jca3jjc   
,don't give your strength to women1 nor 
your ways to that          which        
destroys kings4  #jca3jjd ,it is not for
 kings1 ,lemuel2 it is not for kings to 
drink wine2          nor for princes to 
say1 ',where is strong drink8'  #jca3jje
 lest they drink1 and forget the law1   
and pervert the justice          due to 
anyone who is afflicted4  #jca3jjf ,give
 strong drink to him who is ready to    
perish2 and wine          to the bitter 
in soul3  #jca3jjg ,let him drink1 and  
forget his poverty1 and remember his    
misery no more4  #jca3jjh ,open your    
mouth for the mute1 in the cause of all 
who          are left desolate4         
#jca3jji ,open your mouth1 judge        
righteously1 and serve justice to       
the poor and needy4  #jca3jaj ,proverbs 
#ca3aj-ca form an acrostic1 with each   
verse starting          with each letter
 of the ,hebrew alphabet1 in order4,who 
can          find a worthy woman8  ,for 

her price is far above rubies4  #jca3jaa
 ,the heart of her husband trusts in    
her4  ,he shall have no          lack of
 gain4  #jca3jab ,she does him good1 and
 not harm1 all the days of her life4    
#jca3jac ,she seeks wool and flax1 and  
works eagerly with her hands4  #jca3jad 
,she is like the merchant ships4  ,she  
brings her bread from afar4  #jca3jae   
,she rises also while it is yet night1  
gives food to her household1            
and portions for her servant girls4     
#jca3jaf ,she considers a field1 and    
buys it4  ,with the fruit of her hands1 
she plants a vineyard4  #jca3jag ,she   
girds her waist with strength1 and makes
 her arms strong4  #jca3jah ,she        
perceives that her merchandise is       
profitable4          ,her lamp doesn't  
go out by night4  #jca3jai ,she lays her
 hands to the distaff1 and her hands    
hold the spindle4  #jca3jbj ,she opens  
her arms to the poor2 yes1 she extends  
her hands          to the needy4        
#jca3jba ,she is not afraid of the snow 

for her household2 for all her          
household are clothed with scarlet4     
#jca3jbb ,she makes for herself carpets 
of tapestry4  ,her clothing          is 
fine linen and purple4  #jca3jbc ,her   
husband is respected in the gates1 when 
he sits among          the elders of the
 land4  #jca3jbd ,she makes linen       
garments and sells them1 and delivers   
sashes          to the merchant4        
#jca3jbe ,strength and dignity are her  
clothing4  ,she laughs at          the  
time to come4  #jca3jbf ,she opens her  
mouth with wisdom4  ,faithful           
instruction is          on her tongue4  
#jca3jbg ,she looks well to the ways of 
her household1 and doesn't eat          
the bread of idleness4  #jca3jbh ,her   
children rise up and call her blessed4  
,her husband          also praises her3 
#jca3jbi ,many women do noble things1   
but you excel them all4  #jca3jcj ,charm
 is deceitful1 and beauty is vain2 but a
 woman who fears ,yahweh1          she  
shall be praised4  #jca3jca ,give her of

 the fruit of her hands6  ,let her works
 praise          her in the gates6