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