12 If thou art wise, thou art wise unto thyself; and if you are violent, then you will be patient alone. [He who is established in falsehood feeds the winds, chases the birds that fly: for he has left the paths of his vineyard and wanders in the paths of his field; he passes through a dry desert and a land doomed to thirst; he gathers barrenness with his hands.]

13 A woman who is reckless, noisy, foolish, and ignorant of nothing

14 He sits down at the door of his house on a chair, in the high places of the city,

15 To call them that pass by the way, that go straight in their own ways:

16 "Whosoever is a fool, turn hither!" and she said to the foolish:

17 "Stolen waters are sweet, and hidden bread is pleasant."

18 And he does not know that the dead are there, and that in the depths of hell they are called by her. [But you jump away, do not linger in the place, do not fix your gaze on it; for in this way you will pass through foreign waters.

Chapter 10

1 Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son pleases his father, but a foolish son is a grief for his mother.

2 Unrighteous treasures are of no avail, but righteousness delivereth from death.

3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to suffer hunger, but he will cast out the gain of the wicked.

4 A slothful hand maketh the poor, but the hand of the diligent makes them rich.

5 He that gathereth in the season of summer is a son of understanding, but he that sleepeth in the time of harvest is a son of dissoluteness.

6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence shall stop the mouth of the wicked.