1My son, forget not my law;
2For length of days, and years of life,
3Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:
4So shalt thou find favor and good understanding
5Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,
6In all thy ways acknowledge him,
7Be not wise in thine own eyes;
8It will be health to thy navel,
9Honor Jehovah with thy substance,
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah;
12For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth,
13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
14For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,
15She is more precious than rubies:
16Length of days is in her right hand;
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:
19Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth;
20By his knowledge the depths were broken up,
21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes;
22So shall they be life unto thy soul,
23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely,
24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:
25Be not afraid of sudden fear,
26For Jehovah will be thy confidence,
27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
28Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again,
29Devise not evil against thy neighbor,
30Strive not with a man without cause,
31Envy thou not the man of violence,
32For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah;
33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked;
34Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers;
35The wise shall inherit glory;