My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

for that shall bring grace unto thy head, and shall be a chain about thy neck.

Cast in thy lot among us, we shall have all one purse."

My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways.

To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and thy soul delighteth in knowledge;

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

For they shall prolong the days and years of thy life, and bring thee peace.

Let mercy and faithfulness never go from thee: bind them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thine heart.

Put thy trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways have respect unto him, and he shall order thy goings.

Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

so shall thy navel be whole, and thy bones strong.

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstlings of all thine increase:

So shall thy barns be filled with plenteousness, and thy presses shall flow over with sweet wine.

Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

My son, let not them depart from thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

So shall it be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy mouth.

Then shalt thou walk safely in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble.

If thou sleepest thou shalt not be afraid, but shall take thy rest and sleep sweetly.

For the LORD shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it.

Say not unto thy neighbour, "Go thy way and come again, tomorrow will I give thee"

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

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

The chief point of wisdom is that thou be willing to obtain wisdom, and before all thy goods to get the understanding.

She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.

Hear, my son, and receive my words, that the years of thy life may be many.

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Take fast hold of doctrine, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings.

Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.

Ponder the path of thy feet: so shall all thy ways be sure.

Turn not aside, neither to the righthand nor to the left; but withhold thy foot from evil.

My son, attend to my wisdom, and bow thy ear to my understanding:

that thou mayest regard good counsel, and that thy lips may keep nurture.

Keep thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house:

That thou give not thine honour unto another, and thy years to the cruel;

That other men be not filled with thy goods, and that thy labours come not in a strange house.

Yea, that thou mourn not at the last, when thou hast spent thy body and goods,

Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.

Let thy wells flow out abroad, that there may be rivers of water in the streets:

Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.

Let thy well be blessed; and be glad with the wife of thy youth.

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man:

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Therefore my son, do this: and thou shalt be discharged, when thou art come into thy neighbour's danger. Go thy ways then soon, and entreat thy neighbour:

Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.

How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep:

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

Put them up together in thine heart, and bind them about thy neck.

In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh with thee.

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them in the table of thine heart.

Say unto wisdom, "Thou art my sister," and call understanding thy kinswoman:

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, that I might seek thy face, and so I have found thee.

Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

For through me thy days shall be prolonged, and the years of thy life shall be many.

If thou be wise, thy wisdom shall do thyself good: but if thou thinkest scorn thereof, it shall be thine own harm.

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and look: what thou devisest, it shall prosper.

Chasten thy son while there is hope; but let not thy soul be moved to slay him.

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

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Say not thou, "I will recompense evil"; but put thy trust in the LORD, and he shall defend thee.

My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine -

for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep it in thine heart, and practice it in thy mouth -

that thou mayest always put thy trust in the LORD.

lest thou learn his ways, and receive hurt unto thy soul.

for if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from under thee.

Thou shalt not remove the landmark, which thy fore elders have set.

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

and if thou wilt rule thy own self, be not over greedy of his meat, for meat beguileth and deceiveth.

Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.

Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Tell nothing into the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

My son, if thy heart receive wisdom, my heart also shall rejoice:

yea, my reins shall be very glad, if thy lips speak the thing that is right.

Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

For the end is not yet come and thy patient abiding shall not be in vain.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.

So shall thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare thee, shall rejoice.

Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.

If thou be overseen and negligent in time of need, then is thy strength but small.

If thou wilt say, "I knew not of it"; Thinkest thou that he which made the hearts, doth not consider it? And that he which regardeth thy soul, seeth it not? Shall not he recompense every man according to his works?

My son, thou eatest honey and the sweet honeycomb, because it is good and sweet in thy mouth.

Even so shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul, as soon as thou hast gotten it. And there is good hope; yea, thy hope shall not be in vain.

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

Let not thy wrath and jealousy move thee, to follow the wicked and ungodly.