1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
2And put a knife to thy throat,
3Be not desirous of his dainties:
4Labour not to be rich:
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:
8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
9Speak not in the ears of a fool:
10Remove not the old landmark;
11For their Redeemer is mighty;
12Apply thine heart unto instruction,
13Withhold not correction from the child:
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
15My son, if thine heart be wise,
16Yea, my reins shall rejoice,
17Let not thine heart envy sinners:
18For surely there is an end;
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise,
20Be not amongst winebibbers;
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,
23Buy the truth, and sell it not;
24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice:
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad,
26My son, give me thine heart,
27For a whore is a deep ditch;
28She also lieth in wait as for a prey,
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow?
30They that tarry long at the wine;
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,
32At the last it biteth like a serpent,
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women,
34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,
35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick;