Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

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

Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

A traveller to life is he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

Chastisement is grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.