1. My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2. For length of days, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4. So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding:
6. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7. Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the LORD, and depart from evil:
8. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits 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 the LORD; neither be weary of his reproof:
12. For whom the LORD 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.