- 1. My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
- 2. For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
- 3. Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
- 4. And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
- 5. Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
- 6. In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
- 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
- 8. Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
- 9. Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
- 10. And filled are thy barns `with' plenty, And `with' new wine thy presses break forth.
- 11. Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
- 12. For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
- 13. O the happiness of a man `who' hath found wisdom, And of a man `who' bringeth forth understanding.
- 14. For better `is' her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.
- 15. Precious she `is' above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
- 16. Length of days `is' in her right hand, In her left `are' wealth and honour.
- 17. Her ways `are' ways of pleasantness, And all her paths `are' peace.
- 18. A tree of life she `is' to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her `is' happy.
- 19. Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
- 20. By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
- 21. My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
- 22. And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
- 23. Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.
- 24. If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
- 25. Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
- 26. For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
- 27. Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand `is' toward God to do `it'.
- 28. Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
- 29. Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
- 30. Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
- 31. Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
- 32. For an abomination to Jehovah `is' the perverted, And with the upright `is' His secret counsel.
- 33. The curse of Jehovah `is' in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
- 34. If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
- 35. Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
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