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[1] My son, forget not my law;
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 tablet of thy heart:
[4] So shalt thou find favor and good understanding
In the sight of God and man.
[5] Trust in Jehovah 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 Jehovah, and depart from evil:
[8] It will be health to thy navel,
And marrow to thy bones.
[9] Honor Jehovah 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 Jehovah;
Neither be weary of his reproof:
[12] For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth,
Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
[13] Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
And the man that getteth understanding.
[14] For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,
And the profit thereof than fine gold.
[15] She is more precious than rubies:
And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
[16] Length of days 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 them that lay hold upon her:
And happy is every one that retaineth her.
[19] Jehovah 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 them not 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 thy foot shall not stumble.
[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 fear,
Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:
[26] For Jehovah will be thy confidence,
And will keep thy foot from being taken.
[27] Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
[28] Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again,
And to-morrow I will give;
When thou hast it by thee.
[29] Devise not evil against thy neighbor,
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 Jehovah;
But his friendship is with the upright.
[33] The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked;
But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
[34] Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers;
But he giveth grace unto the lowly.
[35] The wise shall inherit glory;
But shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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