1B’ni, if you are become surety for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands for a stranger,
2You are snared by the words of your mouth, you are caught by the words of your mouth.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you are come into the hand of your neighbor; go, humble yourself, and urge your neighbor.
4Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
5Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;
7Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8Provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
9How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
10‘Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,’
11So shall your poverty come as a runner, and your want as an armed man.
12A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walks with a contentious mouth;
13That winks with his eyes, that scrapes with his feet, that points with his fingers;
14Contention is in his heart, he devises evil continually; he sows discord.
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; quickly shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
16There are six things which יהוה hates, yes, seven which are an abomination unto Him:
17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
18A heart that devises wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;
19A false witness that breathes out lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.
20B’ni, keep the Mitzvah of your father, and forsake not the teaching of your mother;
21Bind them continually upon your heart, tie them about your neck.
22When you walk, it shall lead you, when you lie down, it shall watch over you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.
23For the Mitzvah is a lamp, and the Torah is light, and reproofs of instruction are Derekh Khayim;
24To keep you from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the foreign tongue.
25Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
26For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29So is he that goes in to his neighbour’s wife; whoever touches her shall not go unpunished.
30Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31But if he is found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house.
32He that commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he does it, who would destroy his own soul.
33Wounds and dishonor shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
אבְּנִי אִם עָרַבְתָּ לְרֵעֶךָ; תָּקַעְתָּ לַזָּר כַּפֶּיךָ.
בנוֹקַשְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי פִיךָ; נִלְכַּדְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי פִיךָ.
געֲשֵׂה זֹאת אֵפוֹא בְּנִי וְהִנָּצֵל כִּי בָאתָ בְכַף רֵעֶךָ; לֵךְ הִתְרַפֵּס וּרְהַב רֵעֶיךָ.
דאַל תִּתֵּן שֵׁנָה לְעֵינֶיךָ; וּתְנוּמָה לְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ.
ההִנָּצֵל כִּצְבִי מִיָּד; וּכְצִפּוֹר מִיַּד יָקוּשׁ.
ולֵךְ אֶל נְמָלָה עָצֵל; רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָם.
זאֲשֶׁר אֵין לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל.
חתָּכִין בַּקַּיִץ לַחְמָהּ; אָגְרָה בַקָּצִיר מַאֲכָלָהּ.
טעַד מָתַי עָצֵל תִּשְׁכָּב; מָתַי תָּקוּם מִשְּׁנָתֶךָ.
ימְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת; מְעַט חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּב.
יאוּבָא כִמְהַלֵּךְ רֵאשֶׁךָ; וּמַחְסֹרְךָ כְּאִישׁ מָגֵן.
יבאָדָם בְּלִיַּעַל אִישׁ אָוֶן; הוֹלֵךְ עִקְּשׁוּת פֶּה.
יגקֹרֵץ בְּעֵינָו מֹלֵל בְּרַגְלָו; מֹרֶה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָיו.
ידתַּהְפֻּכוֹת בְּלִבּוֹ חֹרֵשׁ רָע בְּכָל עֵת; מדנים (מִדְיָנִים) יְשַׁלֵּחַ.
טועַל כֵּן פִּתְאֹם יָבוֹא אֵידוֹ; פֶּתַע יִשָּׁבֵר וְאֵין מַרְפֵּא.
טזשֶׁשׁ הֵנָּה שָׂנֵא יהוה ; וְשֶׁבַע תועבות (תּוֹעֲבַת) נַפְשׁוֹ.
יזעֵינַיִם רָמוֹת לְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר; וְיָדַיִם שֹׁפְכוֹת דָּם נָקִי.
יחלֵב חֹרֵשׁ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָוֶן; רַגְלַיִם מְמַהֲרוֹת לָרוּץ לָרָעָה.
יטיָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים עֵד שָׁקֶר; וּמְשַׁלֵּחַ מְדָנִים בֵּין אַחִים.
כנְצֹר בְּנִי מִצְוַת אָבִיךָ; וְאַל תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּךָ.
כאקָשְׁרֵם עַל לִבְּךָ תָמִיד; עָנְדֵם עַל גַּרְגְּרֹתֶךָ.
כבבְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ תַּנְחֶה אֹתָךְ בְּשָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ; וַהֲקִיצוֹתָ הִיא תְשִׂיחֶךָ.
כגכִּי נֵר מִצְוָה וְתוֹרָה אוֹר; וְדֶרֶךְ חַיִּים תּוֹכְחוֹת מוּסָר.
כדלִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵשֶׁת רָע; מֵחֶלְקַת לָשׁוֹן נָכְרִיָּה.
כהאַל תַּחְמֹד יָפְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶךָ; וְאַל תִּקָּחֲךָ בְּעַפְעַפֶּיהָ.
כוכִּי בְעַד אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה עַד כִּכַּר לָחֶם: וְאֵשֶׁת אִישׁ נֶפֶשׁ יְקָרָה תָצוּד.
כזהֲיַחְתֶּה אִישׁ אֵשׁ בְּחֵיקוֹ; וּבְגָדָיו לֹא תִשָּׂרַפְנָה.
כחאִם יְהַלֵּךְ אִישׁ עַל הַגֶּחָלִים; וְרַגְלָיו לֹא תִכָּוֶינָה.
כטכֵּן הַבָּא אֶל אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ: לֹא יִנָּקֶה כָּל הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהּ.
ללֹא יָבוּזוּ לַגַּנָּב כִּי יִגְנוֹב לְמַלֵּא נַפְשׁוֹ כִּי יִרְעָב.
לאוְנִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּם שִׁבְעָתָיִם: אֶת כָּל הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ יִתֵּן.
לבנֹאֵף אִשָּׁה חֲסַר לֵב; מַשְׁחִית נַפְשׁוֹ הוּא יַעֲשֶׂנָּה.
לגנֶגַע וְקָלוֹן יִמְצָא; וְחֶרְפָּתוֹ לֹא תִמָּחֶה.
לדכִּי קִנְאָה חֲמַת גָּבֶר; וְלֹא יַחְמוֹל בְּיוֹם נָקָם.
להלֹא יִשָּׂא פְּנֵי כָל כֹּפֶר; וְלֹא יֹאבֶה כִּי תַרְבֶּה שֹּׁחַד.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 