1. MY SON, forget not my law or teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
2. For length of days and years of a life [worth living] and tranquility [inward and outward and continuing through old age till death], these shall they add to you.
3. Let not mercy and kindness [shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or falsehood] forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them upon the tablet of your heart. [Col. 3:9-12.]
4. So shall you find favor, good understanding, and high esteem in the sight [or judgment] of God and man. [Luke 2:52.]
5. Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
6. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.
7. Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. [Prov. 8:13.]
8. It shall be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones.