| 1 | My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; |
| 2 | for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare will they give you. |
| 3 | Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. |
| 4 | So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man. |
| 5 | Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. |
| 6 | In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. |
| 7 | Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. |
| 8 | It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones. |
| 9 | Honor the LORD with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce; |
| 10 | then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine. |
| 11 | My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof, |
| 12 | for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. |
| 13 | Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding, |
| 14 | for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. |
| 15 | She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. |
| 16 | Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. |
| 17 | Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. |
| 18 | She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy. |