¹ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Cross refs

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Cross refs

³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. Cross refs

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Cross refs

⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Cross refs

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Cross refs

⁷ Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Cross refs

⁸ Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. Cross refs

⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Cross refs

¹⁰ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Cross refs

¹¹ So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Cross refs

¹² A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Cross refs

¹³ He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Cross refs

¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Cross refs

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. Cross refs

¹⁶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: Cross refs

¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, Cross refs

¹⁸ An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, Cross refs

¹⁹ A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Cross refs

²⁰ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Cross refs

²¹ Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Cross refs

²² When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. Cross refs

²³ For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: Cross refs

²⁴ To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Cross refs

²⁵ Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. Cross refs

²⁶ For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Cross refs

²⁷ Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Cross refs

²⁸ Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 

²⁹ So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. Cross refs

³⁰ Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; Cross refs

³¹ But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. Cross refs

³² But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. Cross refs

³³ A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. Cross refs

³⁴ For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. Cross refs

³⁵ He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. Cross refs