KJV ¹ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

WLC ¹ כִּֽי־ תֵ֭שֵׁב לִלְח֣וֹם אֶת־ מוֹשֵׁ֑ל בִּ֥ין תָּ֝בִ֗ין אֶת־ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃

KJV ² And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

WLC ² וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ שַׂכִּ֣ין בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ אִם־ בַּ֖עַל נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָֽתָּה׃

KJV ³ Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

WLC ³ אַל־ תִּ֭תְאָו לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝ה֗וּא לֶ֣חֶם כְּזָבִֽים׃

KJV ⁴ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

WLC ⁴ אַל־ תִּיגַ֥ע לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑יר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥ חֲדָֽל׃

KJV ⁵ Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

WLC ⁵ עֵינֶ֥יךָ בּ֗וֹ וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ כִּ֤י עָשֹׂ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה־ לּ֣וֹ כְנָפַ֑יִם כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

KJV ⁶ Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

WLC ⁶ אַל־ תִּלְחַ֗ם אֶת־ לֶ֭חֶם רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְאַל־ לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃

KJV ⁷ For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

WLC ⁷ כִּ֤י ׀ כְּמוֹ־ שָׁעַ֥ר בְּנַפְשׁ֗וֹ כֶּ֫ן־ ה֥וּא אֱכֹ֣ל וּ֭שְׁתֵה יֹ֣אמַר לָ֑ךְ וְ֝לִבּ֗וֹ בַּל־ עִמָּֽךְ׃

KJV ⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

WLC ⁸ פִּֽתְּךָ־ אָכַ֥לְתָּ תְקִיאֶ֑נָּה וְ֝שִׁחַ֗תָּ דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ הַנְּעִימִֽים׃

KJV ⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

WLC ⁹ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל אַל־ תְּדַבֵּ֑ר כִּֽי־ יָ֝ב֗וּז לְשֵׂ֣כֶל מִלֶּֽיךָ׃

KJV ¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

WLC ¹⁰ אַל־ תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם וּבִשְׂדֵ֥י יְ֝תוֹמִ֗ים אַל־ תָּבֹֽא׃

KJV ¹¹ For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

WLC ¹¹ כִּֽי־ גֹאֲלָ֥ם חָזָ֑ק הֽוּא־ יָרִ֖יב אֶת־ רִיבָ֣ם אִתָּֽךְ׃

KJV ¹² Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

WLC ¹² הָבִ֣יאָה לַמּוּסָ֣ר לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝אָזְנֶ֗ךָ לְאִמְרֵי־ דָֽעַת׃

KJV ¹³ Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

WLC ¹³ אַל־ תִּמְנַ֣ע מִנַּ֣עַר מוּסָ֑ר כִּֽי־ תַכֶּ֥נּוּ בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶט לֹ֣א יָמֽוּת׃

KJV ¹⁴ Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

WLC ¹⁴ אַ֭תָּה בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶט תַּכֶּ֑נּוּ וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ מִשְּׁא֥וֹל תַּצִּֽיל׃

KJV ¹⁵ My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

WLC ¹⁵ בְּ֭נִי אִם־ חָכַ֣ם לִבֶּ֑ךָ יִשְׂמַ֖ח לִבִּ֣י גַם־ אָֽנִי׃

KJV ¹⁶ Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

WLC ¹⁶ וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָה כִלְיוֹתָ֑י בְּדַבֵּ֥ר שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָ מֵישָׁרִֽים׃

KJV ¹⁷ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

WLC ¹⁷ אַל־ יְקַנֵּ֣א לִ֭בְּךָ בַּֽחַטָּאִ֑ים כִּ֥י אִם־ בְּיִרְאַת־ יְ֝הוָ֗ה כָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם׃

KJV ¹⁸ For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

WLC ¹⁸ כִּ֭י אִם־ יֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִכָּרֵֽת׃

KJV ¹⁹ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

WLC ¹⁹ שְׁמַע־ אַתָּ֣ה בְנִ֣י וַחֲכָ֑ם וְאַשֵּׁ֖ר בַּדֶּ֣רֶךְ לִבֶּֽךָ׃

KJV ²⁰ Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

WLC ²⁰ אַל־ תְּהִ֥י בְסֹֽבְאֵי־ יָ֑יִן בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖י בָשָׂ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

KJV ²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

WLC ²¹ כִּי־ סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ וּ֝קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה׃

KJV ²² Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

WLC ²² שְׁמַ֣ע לְ֭אָבִיךָ זֶ֣ה יְלָדֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־ תָּ֝ב֗וּז כִּֽי־ זָקְנָ֥ה אִמֶּֽךָ׃

KJV ²³ Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

WLC ²³ אֱמֶ֣ת קְ֭נֵה וְאַל־ תִּמְכֹּ֑ר חָכְמָ֖ה וּמוּסָ֣ר וּבִינָֽה׃

KJV ²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

WLC ²⁴ אֲבִ֣י צַדִּ֑יק חָ֝כָ֗ם בּֽוֹ׃

KJV ²⁵ Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

WLC ²⁵ יִֽשְׂמַח־ אָבִ֥יךָ וְאִמֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝תָגֵ֗ל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃

KJV ²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

WLC ²⁶ תְּנָֽה־ בְנִ֣י לִבְּךָ֣ לִ֑י וְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָ דְּרָכַ֥י

KJV ²⁷ For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

WLC ²⁷ כִּֽי־ שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲמֻקָּ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וּבְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

KJV ²⁸ She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

WLC ²⁸ אַף־ הִ֭יא כְּחֶ֣תֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים בְּאָדָ֥ם תּוֹסִֽף׃

KJV ²⁹ Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

WLC ²⁹ לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי לְמִ֤י לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם לְ֝מִ֗י חַכְלִל֥וּת עֵינָֽיִם׃

KJV ³⁰ They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

WLC ³⁰ לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥ים עַל־ הַיָּ֑יִן לַ֝בָּאִ֗ים לַחְקֹ֥ר מִמְסָֽךְ׃

KJV ³¹ Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

WLC ³¹ אַל־ תֵּ֥רֶא יַיִן֮ כִּ֪י יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥ם כִּֽי־ יִתֵּ֣ן עֵינ֑וֹ יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃

KJV ³² At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

WLC ³² אַ֭חֲרִיתוֹ כְּנָחָ֣שׁ יִשָּׁ֑ךְ וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥י יַפְרִֽשׁ׃

KJV ³³ Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

WLC ³³ עֵ֭ינֶיךָ יִרְא֣וּ זָר֑וֹת וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ יְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃

KJV ³⁴ Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

WLC ³⁴ וְ֭הָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב בְּלֶב־ יָ֑ם וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב בְּרֹ֣אשׁ חִבֵּֽל׃

KJV ³⁵ They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

WLC ³⁵ הִכּ֥וּנִי בַל־ חָלִיתִי֮ הֲלָמ֗וּנִי בַּל־ יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּי מָתַ֥י אָקִ֑יץ א֝וֹסִ֗יף אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּ עֽוֹד׃