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¹ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:² For length of days, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.³ Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:⁴ So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.⁵ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding:⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the LORD, and depart from evil:⁸ It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.⁹ Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:¹⁰ So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his reproof:¹² For whom the LORD loveth he reproveth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

¹³ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.¹⁴ For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies: and none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.¹⁶ Length of days is in her right had; in her left hand are riches and honour.¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.¹⁹ The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.²⁰ By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

²¹ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;²² So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.²³ Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble.²⁴ When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.²⁵ Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:²⁶ For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

²⁷ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.²⁸ Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.²⁹ Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.³⁰ Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.³¹ Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.³² For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the upright.³³ The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.³⁴ Surely he scorneth the scorners, but he giveth grace unto the lowly.³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.