Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

She (wisdom) hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Bind them  (commandments)continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: