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On Life and Conduct
When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you,
When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you,
While dining with a ruler,
pay attention to what is put before you.
pay attention to what is put before you.
And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.
If you are a man of great appetite.
If you are a big eater,
put a knife to your throat;
put a knife to your throat;
Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food.
For it is deceptive food.
don’t desire all the delicacies,
for he might be trying to trick you.
for he might be trying to trick you.
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Cease from your consideration of it.
Cease from your consideration of it.
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
Or desire his delicacies;
Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
don’t desire their delicacies.
don’t desire their delicacies.
For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten,
And waste your compliments.
And waste your compliments.
You will throw up what little you’ve eaten,
and your compliments will be wasted.
and your compliments will be wasted.
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Don’t waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.
for they will despise the wisest advice.
Do not move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers;
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
For their Redeemer is strong;
He will plead their case against you.
He will plead their case against you.
Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.
And your ears to words of knowledge.
Commit yourself to instruction;
listen carefully to words of knowledge.
listen carefully to words of knowledge.
Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Don’t fail to discipline your children.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
You shall strike him with the rod
And rescue his soul from Sheol.
And rescue his soul from Sheol.
My son, if your heart is wise,
My own heart also will be glad;
My own heart also will be glad;
And my inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak what is right.
When your lips speak what is right.
Everything in me will celebrate
when you speak what is right.
when you speak what is right.
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But live in the fear of the LORD always.
But live in the fear of the LORD always.
Don’t envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the LORD.
but always continue to fear the LORD.
Surely there is a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
And your hope will not be cut off.
You will be rewarded for this;
your hope will not be disappointed.
your hope will not be disappointed.
Listen, my son, and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way.
And direct your heart in the way.
My child, listen and be wise:
Keep your heart on the right course.
Keep your heart on the right course.
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Do not carouse with drunkards
or feast with gluttons,
or feast with gluttons,
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
for they are on their way to poverty,
and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Get the truth and never sell it;
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
So give your father and mother joy!
May she who gave you birth be happy.
May she who gave you birth be happy.
Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes delight in my ways.
And let your eyes delight in my ways.
O my son, give me your heart.
May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
For a harlot is a deep pit
And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
A prostitute is a dangerous trap;
a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
Surely she lurks as a robber,
And increases the faithless among men.
And increases the faithless among men.
She hides and waits like a robber,
eager to make more men unfaithful.
eager to make more men unfaithful.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Who has anguish? Who has sorrow?
Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those who linger long over wine,
Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Those who go to taste mixed wine.
It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns,
trying out new drinks.
trying out new drinks.
Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly;
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly;
Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.
And stings like a viper.
For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake;
it stings like a viper.
it stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things
And your mind will utter perverse things.
And your mind will utter perverse things.
You will see hallucinations,
and you will say crazy things.
and you will say crazy things.
And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.
You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea,
clinging to a swaying mast.
clinging to a swaying mast.