Proverbs

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.