That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him , thou must do it yet again.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.