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She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.