6. In all thy drakhim acknowledge Him, and He shall make yosher thy orkhot (paths).
7. Be not chacham in thine own eyes; fear Hashem, and depart from rah.
8. It shall be rife'ut (health) to thy navel, and marrow to thy atzmot.
9. Honor Hashem with thy substance, and with the reshit (firstfruit) of all thine increase;
10. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall burst out with tirosh.
11. Beni (my son), despise not the musar Hashem; neither be weary of His tokhakhah (reproof);
12. For whom Hashem loveth, He correcteth; even as an av the ben in whom he delighteth.
13. Ashrei (happy) is the man that findeth chochmah, and the man that getteth tevunah (understanding).
14. For the gain of it is better than the gain of kesef, and the increase thereof than fine gold.
15. She is more precious than peninim (pearls); and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16. Orekh yamim is in her right hand; and in her left hand osher and kavod.
17. Her drakhim are drakhim of pleasantness, and all her netivot (trodden paths) are shalom.
18. She is an Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life) to them that lay hold upon her; and me'usher (blessed) is every one that holdeth her fast.
19. Hashem by chochmah hath founded Eretz (Earth); by tevunah (understanding) hath He established Shomayim.