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So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man.

So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine.

So they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.

So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him:

Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool, And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.

As a ring of gold in a swine's snout So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, But the hearts of fools are not so.

He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things; He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

A rebellious man seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.

He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.

The fear of the LORD leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.

The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.

So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, even you.

For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you.

As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.