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.