1. Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them.
2. For their minds will devise violence, and their lips will speak mischief.
3. By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.
4. And by knowledge, rooms are filled with all riches, precious and pleasant.
5. The warrior of wisdom is in strength, and a man of knowledge is strong in power.
6. For with wise guidance you shall make war for yourself, and victory is in an abundance of counsel.
7. Wisdom is too high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
8. He who plans to do evil for himself, they will call him “master of mischief.”
9. Devising folly is a sin, and an abomination to humankind is a scoffer.
10. If you faint on the day of adversity, little is your strength.
11. Rescue those who are led away to the death and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,
12. if you say, “Look, we do not know this,” does not he who weighs hearts perceive it? And he who keeps your soul, he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.
13. My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the dripping of the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14. Thus know wisdom for the sake of your soul, if you find it, then there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
15. Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do not do violence to his dwelling place.