Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.