| [1] | My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: |
| [2] | For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. |
| [3] | Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: |
| [4] | So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man. |
| [5] | Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: |
| [6] | In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths. |
| [7] | Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: |
| [8] | It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones. |
| [9] | Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase: |
| [10] | So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine. |
| [11] | My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: |
| [12] | For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. |
| [13] | Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. |
| [14] | For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold. |
| [15] | She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. |
| [16] | Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. |
| [17] | Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. |
| [18] | She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her. |
| [19] | Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens. |
| [20] | By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. |
| [21] | My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion: |
| [22] | So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck. |
| [23] | Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble. |
| [24] | When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. |
| [25] | Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh: |
| [26] | For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken. |
| [27] | Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. |
| [28] | Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee. |
| [29] | Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. |
| [30] | Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm. |
| [31] | Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways. |
| [32] | For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright. |
| [33] | The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous. |
| [34] | Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly. |
| [35] | The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools. |