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She is a tree of life for those who seize her; those who take hold of her are considered happy.

They shall be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.

for he who is perverse is an abomination of Yahweh, but those who are upright are his confidence.

For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.

She will give a garland for your head; she shall bestow a crown of glory upon you."

Seize the instruction! Do not let go! Guard her, for she is your life.

For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.

For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.

For they are life to those who find them and healing to the entire body.

With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it comes the source of life.

For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.

May they be yours alone, and not for strangers who are with you.

For before the eyes of Yahweh are human ways, and all his paths he examines.

He shall die for lack of discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.

do this, then, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into the palm of your neighbor's hand: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest—

For like a lamp is a commandment, and instruction is light, and the way of life is the reproof of discipline,

For the price of a woman, a prostitute, is the price of a loaf of bread, but the woman belonging to a man hunts precious life.

For jealousy is the fury of a husband, and he will not show restraint on the day of revenge.

For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked down.