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¹ My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.² For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.³ Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.⁴ So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.⁵ Trust in the Lorde with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.⁶ In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.

⁷ Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.⁸ So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.⁹ Honour the Lorde with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.¹⁰ So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.¹¹ My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.¹² For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

¹³ Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.¹⁴ For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.¹⁵ It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.¹⁶ Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.¹⁷ Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.¹⁹ The Lorde by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.²⁰ By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.

²¹ My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.²² So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.²³ Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.²⁴ If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.²⁵ Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.²⁶ For the Lorde shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.

²⁷ Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.²⁸ Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.²⁹ Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.³⁰ Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.³¹ Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.³² For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.³³ The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.³⁴ With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.³⁵ The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.