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[1]My son, forget not my teaching; but let thy heart keep my commandments;
[2]For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to thee.
[3]Let not kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thy heart;
[4]So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of God and man.
[5]Trust in 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.
[6]In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.
[7]Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and depart from evil;
[8]It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
[9]Honour 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
[10]So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
[11]My son, despise not the chastening of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, neither spurn thou His correction;
[12]For whom 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 loveth H correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
[13]Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.
[14]For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
[15]She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
[16]Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honour.
[17]Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
[18]She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast.
[19]𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.
[20]By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
[21]My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;
[22]So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
[23]Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thou shalt not dash thy foot.
[24]When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
[25]Be not afraid of sudden terror, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;
[26]For 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being caught.
[27]Withhold not good from him to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
[28]Say not unto thy neighbour: 'Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give'; when thou hast it by thee.
[29]Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
[30]Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
[31]Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
[32]For the perverse is an abomination to 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; but His counsel is with the upright.
[33]The curse of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
[34]If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace.
[35]The wise shall inherit honour; but as for the fools, they carry away shame.
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