- 1. My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
- 2. For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.
- 3. Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
- 4. So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
- 5. Trust in the Lorde with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
- 6. In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
- 7. Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
- 8. So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.
- 9. Honour the Lorde with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
- 10. So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.
- 11. My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.
- 12. For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.
- 13. Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
- 14. For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.
- 15. It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
- 16. Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
- 17. Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.
- 18. She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
- 19. The Lorde by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
- 20. By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
- 21. My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
- 22. So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
- 23. Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.
- 24. If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
- 25. Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.
- 26. For the Lorde shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.
- 27. Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.
- 28. Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.
- 29. Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.
- 30. Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.
- 31. Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
- 32. For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
- 33. The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
- 34. With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
- 35. The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.
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