My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

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

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

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

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

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

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new 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 they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

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

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

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

Take fast hold of instruction; 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 depart from thine eyes; Keep 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, and let all thy ways be established.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

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

That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

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

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

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

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

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

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? 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 commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie 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.

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her 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 upon the table of thine heart.

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

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

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 thy thoughts shall be established.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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.

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers 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.

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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

My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

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

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

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