To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it are the outgoings of life.

To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.