11 And thou shalt groan afterwards, when thy flesh and thy body are exhausted,

12 And you will say, "Why did I hate instruction, and my heart despised reproof?

13 And I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, nor did I incline my ear to my teachers.

14 I have almost fallen into all evil in the midst of the congregation and the congregation!"

15 Drink the water from your cistern and the water flowing from your well.

16 Thy springs shall not be poured out in the streets, nor streams of waters in the squares;

17 Let them belong to thee alone, and not to strangers with thee.

18 Blessed be thy fountain; and be comforted by the wife of thy youth;

19 With the lovely doe and the beautiful chamois: let her bosom delight thee at all times, delight in her love continually.

20 And why should you, my son, be carried away by a stranger, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

21 For in the eyes of the Lord are the ways of man, and he measures all his paths.

22 The wicked are caught by his own iniquities, and in the bonds of his sin he is held:

23 He dieth without instruction, and is lost by the multitude of his folly.

Chapter 6

1 My son! If you have pledged for your neighbor and have given your hand for another,

2 Thou hast entangled thyself with the words of thy mouth, thou hast been caught by the words of thy mouth.

3 Do this, my son, and deliver yourself, for you have fallen into the hands of your neighbor: go, fall at your feet, and beseech your neighbor;

4 Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids;

5 Save thyself as a chamois out of the hand, and as a bird out of the hand of a fowler.

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard, and see his actions, and be wise.

7 He hath no ruler, no steward, no ruler;