Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?