1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
2 and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
3 Do not crave his delicacies,
4 Do not wear yourself out getting rich.
5 Will you catch only a fleeting glimpse of wealth before it is gone?
6 Do not eat the food of one who is stingy,
7 As he calculates the cost to himself, this is what he does:
8 You will vomit the little bit you have eaten
9 Do not talk directly to a fool,
10 Do not move an ancient boundary marker
11 because the one who is responsible for them is strong.
12 Live a more disciplined life,
13 Do not hesitate to discipline a child.
14 Spank him yourself,
15 My son,
16 My heart rejoices when you speak what is right.
17 Do not envy sinners in your heart.
18 There is indeed a future,
19 My son,
20 Do not associate with those who drink too much wine,
21 because both a drunk and a glutton will become poor.
22 Listen to your father since you are his son,
23 Buy truth (and do not sell it),
24 A righteous person’s father will certainly rejoice.
25 May your father and your mother be glad.
26 My son,
27 A prostitute is a deep pit.
28 She is like a robber, lying in ambush.
29 Who has trouble?
30 Those who drink glass after glass of wine
31 Do not look at wine
32 Later it bites like a snake
33 Your eyes will see strange sights,
34 You will be like someone lying down in the middle of the sea
35 “They strike me, but I feel no pain.