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¹ My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands,² for they shall add length of days and long life and peace to you.³ Mercy and truth will not forsake you, tie them on your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,⁴ and you shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.⁵ Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.⁸ Healing shall be to your navel and marrow to your bones.⁹ Honor Jehovah with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase,¹⁰ and your barns shall be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst with new wine.¹¹ My son, do not reject the chastening of Jehovah, and do not loathe His correction;¹² for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son with whom he is pleased.

¹³ Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.¹⁴ For its profit is better than the gain from silver, and its increase more than fine gold;¹⁵ she is more precious than rubies, and all the things you can desire are not to be compared with her.¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand, riches and honor in her left hand.¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths peace.¹⁸ She is a tree of life to the ones who lay hold on her, and happy are the ones holding her fast.¹⁹ Jehovah founded the earth by wisdom; He founded the heavens by understanding;²⁰ the depths were broken up by His knowledge, and the clouds dropped down the dew.

²¹ My son, do not let them depart from your eyes; keep sound wisdom and judgment,²² and they shall be life to your soul, and grace to your neck;²³ then you shall walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble.²⁴ When you lie down, you shall not dread; yea, you shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.²⁵ Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of the destruction of the wicked when it comes.²⁶ For Jehovah shall be at your side, and He shall keep your foot from being caught.

²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it .²⁸ Do not say to your neighbor, Go and come back again, or, Tomorrow I will give, when you have it beside you.²⁹ Do not plan evil against your neighbor, since he lives securely by you.³⁰ Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.³¹ Do not be envious of the cruel man, and choose not among all his ways.³² For the perverse one is hateful to Jehovah, but His intimacy is with the righteous.³³ The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked, but He blesses the abode of the just.³⁴ Surely He scorns the scorners, but He gives grace to the lowly.³⁵ The wise inherit honor, but fools exalt shame.