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¹ My sonne, forget not my lawe; but let thine heart keepe my commaundements: ² For length of dayes, and long life, and peace shall they adde to thee. ³ Let not mercy and trueth forsake thee: bind them about thy necke, write them vpon the table of thine heart. ⁴ So shalt thou find fauour, and good vnderstanding in the sight of God, and man. ⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and leaue not vnto thine owne vnderstanding. ⁶ In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pathes.

⁷ Be not wise in thine owne eyes: feare the Lord, and depart from euill. ⁸ It shalbe health to thy nauill, and marrow to thy bones. ⁹ Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase. ¹⁰ So shall thy barnes be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. ¹¹ My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord: neither be weary of his correction. ¹² For whom the Lord loueth, he correcteth, euen as a father the sonne, in whom he delighteth.

¹³ Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding. ¹⁴ For the merchandise of it is better then the merchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof, then fine gold. ¹⁵ She is more precious then Rubies: and all the things 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 honour. ¹⁷ Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: and happy is euery one that retaineth her. ¹⁹ The Lord by wisedome hath founded the earth; by vnderstanding hath he established the heauens. ²⁰ By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp; and the cloudes droppe downe the dew.

²¹ My sonne, let not them depart from thine eyes: keepe sound wisedome and discretion. ²² So shall they bee life vnto thy soule, and grace to thy necke. ²³ Then shalt thou walke in thy way safely, & thy foot shall not stumble. ²⁴ When thou lyest downe, thou shalt not be afraide: yea, thou shalt lye downe, and thy sleepe shalbe sweet. ²⁵ Be not afraid of sudden feare, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it commeth. ²⁶ For the Lord shalbe thy confidence, and shall keepe thy foote from being taken.

²⁷ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to doe it. ²⁸ Say not vnto thy neighbour, Goe, and come againe, and to morrow I will giue, when thou hast it by thee. ²⁹ Deuise not euil against thy neighbour, seeing hee dwelleth securely by thee. ³⁰ Striue not with a man without cause, if hee haue done thee no harme. ³¹ Enuie thou not the oppressour, and choose none of his wayes. ³² For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. ³³ The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the iust. ³⁴ Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giueth grace vnto the lowly. ³⁵ The wise shall inherite glory, but shame shalbe the promotion of fooles.