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because their feet run toward trouble
and they hurry to commit murder.

because her profit is better than the profit of silver, and her yield than fine gold.

Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go! Guard wisdom, because she is your life!

Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right.

because wisdom is better than precious gems and nothing you desire can compare to it."


“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden];
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

A man is praised because of his wise words, but the perverted mind will be despised.


Abundant food is in the fallow (uncultivated) ground of the poor,
But [without protection] it is swept away by injustice.

A worker’s appetite works for him
because his hunger urges him on.

To punish a righteous man is not good, nor to strike nobles because of their uprightness.

The person who has great anger must pay the consequences, because if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.


The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

because a prostitute is a deep pit, and the adulterous woman a narrow well.

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

She feareth not, for her household, because of the snow, for, all her household, are clothed with crimson:


Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord [reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect], she shall be praised.