9. How long is the lazy man going to lie in bed? When is he ever going to get up?
10. “I'll just take a short nap,” he says; “I'll fold my hands and rest a while.”
11. But while he sleeps, poverty will attack him like an armed robber.
12. Worthless, wicked people go around telling lies.
13. They wink and make gestures to deceive you,
14. all the while planning evil in their perverted minds, stirring up trouble everywhere.
15. Because of this, disaster will strike them without warning, and they will be fatally wounded.
20. Do what your father tells you, my son, and never forget what your mother taught you.
21. Keep their words with you always, locked in your heart.
22. Their teaching will lead you when you travel, protect you at night, and advise you during the day.
23. Their instructions are a shining light; their correction can teach you how to live.
24. It can keep you away from bad women, from the seductive words of other men's wives.
25. Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes.
26. A man can hire a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery will cost him all he has.
27. Can you carry fire against your chest without burning your clothes?
28. Can you walk on hot coals without burning your feet?
29. It is just as dangerous to sleep with another man's wife. Whoever does it will suffer.
30. People don't despise a thief if he steals food when he is hungry;
31. yet if he is caught, he must pay back seven times more — he must give up everything he has.