fhall give all the fubftance off 7 And beheld among the his house: 32 But whofo committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it deftroyeth his own foul. 33 A wound and difhonour fhall he get, and his reproach fhall not be wiped away. 34 For jealoufy is the rage of a man therefore he will not fpare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not regard any ranfom: neither will he rett content, though thou giveft many gifts. MY CHAP. VII.1 Y fon, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart." 4.Say unto wifdom, Thou art my fifter; and call understanding thy kinfwoman. 5 That they may keep thee from the ftrange woman, from the ftranger which flattereth with her words. 6 For at the window of my houfe I looked through my cafement, fimple ones, I difcerned among the youths a yoùng man void of understanding, 8 Paffing through the ftreet near her corner: and he went the way to her houfe, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night. io And behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. II (She is loud and ftubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now is he without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13 So fhe caught him, and kiffed him, and with an impudent face faid unto him, 14 I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to feek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morn ing; let us folace ourfelves with loves, 19 For the good man is not at home, he is gone a long journey;dlk obar 11:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. forth her voice? 2 She ftandeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I I call; and my voice is to the fons of man. 21 With her much fair fpeech the caufed him to yield, with the flattering of her lips the forced him. o 22 ¶ He goeth after her ftraightway, as an ox goeth to the flaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the flocks on bot 23 Tilladart ftrike through his liver: as a bird hafteth to the fnare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. 24 Hearken unto me, now, therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words. of my mouth. 125 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not aftray in her paths: 26 For the hath caft down many wounded: yea, many ftrong men have been flain by her. 50 ye fimple, understand Ο wifdom; and ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. 6.4 Hear: for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall fpeak truth; and wickednes is an abomination to my lips. 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverfe in them, 9 They are all plain to him that underftandeth, and him that right to them that find knowledge. 10 Receive my inftruction, and not filver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. II For wifdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be defired are not to be compared to it. 12 I wifdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. 13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate. 14 Counsel is mine, and tains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were fettled, before the hills was I brought forth; 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the found wifdom: I am under-fields, nor the highest part ftanding; I have strength. of the duft of the world: 27 When he prepared the heavens I was there: when he fet a compafs upon the 17 I love them that love me; and those that feek me early shall find me. 18 Riches and honour are with me: yea, durable riches and righteoufnefs. 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice filver. 20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midft of the paths of judgment; 21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit fubstance; and I will fill their treasures. 22 The Lord poffeffed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was fet up from everlafting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth: when there were no foun 28 When he established the clouds above: when he ftrengthened the fountains of the deep: 29 When he gave to the fea his decree that the waters should not pass his com mandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth; 30 Then I was by him as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the fons of men. 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for bleffed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear inftruction, and be wife, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the pofts of my doors. 35 For whofo findeth me, findeth life, and fhall obtain favour of the Lord. 36 But he that finneth against me wrongeth his own foul: all they that hate me love death. CHAP. IX. 9 Give inftruction to a wife man, and he will be yet wifer: teach a juft man, and he will increase in learning. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. 11 For by me thy days Wed her houfe, the years of thy life fhall be in TISDOM hath build-fhall be multiplied, and the hath hewn out her feven pil-creased. lars. 2 She hath killed her beafts; fhe hath mingled her wine; fhe hath alfo furnished her table. 3 She hath fent forth her maidens: fhe crieth upon the highest places of the city: 4 Whofo is fimple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, the faith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forfake the foolish, and live and go in the way of understanding. 12 If thou be wife thou fhalt be wife for thyself: but if thou fcorneft, thou alone halt bear it. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: fhe is fimple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For the fitteth at the door of her house, on a feat in the high places of the city, 15 To call paffengers who go right on their ways: 16¶ Whofo is fimple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth underftanding, fhe faith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in fecret is pleasant. 7 He that reproveth a 18 But he knoweth not fcorner, getteth to himself that the dead are there: and fhame: and he that rebuketh that her guefts are in the a wicked man, getteth himself depths of hell. a blot. CHAP. X. HE proverbs of Solomon. A wife fon maketh a glad father; but a fool ifh fon is the heavinefs of his mother. 2 Treasures of wickednefs 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding, wisdom is found: but a rod is for the profit nothing: but righte-back of him that is void of oufnefs delivereth from death. understanding. 3 The Lord will not fuffer the foul of the righteous to famifh but he cafteth away the fubftance of the wicked. 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a flack hand, but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 5 He that gathereth in fummer is a wife fon: but he that fleepeth in harvest is a fon that caufeth fhame. 14 Wife men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. 15 The rich man's wealth is his ftrong city: the deftruction of the poor is their poverty. 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the fruit of the wicked to fin. 17 He is in the way of life that keepeth inftruction: but he that refufeth reproof, er 6 Bleffings are upon the head of the juft: but vio-ręth. lence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 7 The memory of the juft is bleffed but the name of the wicked fhall rot. 8 The wife in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool fhall fall. 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh furely: but he that perverteth his ways fhall be known. 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth forrow: but a prating fool fhall fall. II The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 12 Hatred ftirreth up ftrife: but love covereth all fins. 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a flander, is a fool. 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not fin: but he that refraineth his lips is wife. 20 The tongue of the juft is as choice filver, the heart of the wicked is little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many but fools die for want of wisdom. 22 The bleffing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no forrow with it. 23 It is a sport to a fool to do mifchief; but a man of understanding hath wisdom. 24 The fear of the wicked, it fhall come upon him; but |