Study Desk

My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof:

By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who motions with his fingers;

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

Can a man scoop fire into his lap, And his clothes not be burned?

Or can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

But if he be found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn't know that it will cost his life.

"Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, Before his deeds of old.

When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

Then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, Always rejoicing before him,

Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.