1My son, forget not my law;
2For length of days, and long life,
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding
5Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
6In all thy ways acknowledge him,
7Be not wise in thine own eyes:
8It shall be health to thy navel,
9Honour the Lord with thy substance,
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
11My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord;
12For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth;
13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise 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:
19The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth;
20By his knowledge the depths are broken up,
21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes:
22So shall they be life unto thy soul,
23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely,
24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:
25Be not afraid of sudden fear,
26For the Lord shall be thy confidence,
27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
28Say not unto thy neighbour,
29Devise not evil against thy neighbour,
30Strive not with a man without cause,
31Envy thou not the oppressor,
32For the froward is abomination to the Lord:
33The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked:
34Surely he scorneth the scorners:
35The wise shall inherit glory: