| 1 | My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, |
| 2 | For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee. |
| 3 | Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, |
| 4 | And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man. |
| 5 | Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. |
| 6 | In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths. |
| 7 | Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil. |
| 8 | Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones. |
| 9 | Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase; |
| 10 | And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth. |
| 11 | Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, |
| 12 | For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with. |
| 13 | O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding. |
| 14 | For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold—her increase. |
| 15 | Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her. |
| 16 | Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour. |
| 17 | Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace. |
| 18 | A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy. |
| 19 | Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding. |
| 20 | By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew. |
| 21 | My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness, |
| 22 | And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck. |
| 23 | Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble. |
| 24 | If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep. |
| 25 | Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh. |
| 26 | For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture. |
| 27 | Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand [is] toward God to do [it]. |
| 28 | Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee. |
| 29 | Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee. |
| 30 | Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil. |
| 31 | Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways. |
| 32 | For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel. |
| 33 | The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth. |
| 34 | If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace. |
| 35 | Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame! |