1. My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.
2. For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.
3. Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:
4. And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men.
5. Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
6. In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.
7. Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:
8. For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.
9. Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits: