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for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.

Keep hold of instruction, do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

For they are life to him who finds them, and healing to all his flesh.

Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.

For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.

For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he watches all his paths.

He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is lost.

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;

then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hasten, and importune your neighbor.

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.

For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.

For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,

For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;

for many a victim has she laid low; yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right;

for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.