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

For they shall be a garland of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Thou shall cast thy lot among us. We will all have one bag.

My son, walk not thou in the way with them. Restrain thy foot from their path.

so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,

yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding,

For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul,

My son, do not forget my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart,

Trust in LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.

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

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

Honor LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase,

so thy barns shall be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

so they shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

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

When thou lay down, thou shall not be afraid. Yea, thou shall lay down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

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

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Do not say to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give, when thou have it by thee.

Do not devise evil against thy neighbor, since he dwells securely by thee.

And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

Wisdom [is] the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

She will give to thy head a garland of grace, a crown of beauty she will deliver to thee.

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

When thou go, thy steps shall not be restricted. And if thou run, thou shall not stumble.

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.

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.

Make the path of thy feet level, and let all thy ways be established.

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

that thou may preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,

lest thou give thine honor to others, and thy years to the cruel,

lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,

and thou mourn at thy latter end when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, and streams of water in the streets?

Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of thy youth:

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger,

thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.

How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.

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

Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids.

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

Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding [thy] kinswoman,

Therefore I came 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.

Commit thy works to LORD, and thy purposes 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 may be wise in thy latter end.

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

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.

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

lest thou learn this ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

If thou have not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

For by wise guidance thou shall make thy war, and in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

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

If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,

so the knowledge of wisdom [is] to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,

Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?

Debate thy case with thy neighbor [himself], and disclose not the secret of another,

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the cost of the field.

And [then will be] goats' milk enough for thy food; for the food of thy household, and maintenance for thy maidens.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest, yea, he will give delight to thy soul.

If thou have done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou have thought evil, [lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

Give not thy strength to women, nor thy ways to that which destroys kings.

Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the poor and needy.