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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 aud truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart.

4 - And thou shalt find 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;

10 - And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.

11 - My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:

12 - For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.

13 - Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence:

14 - The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold:

15 - She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her.

16 - Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

17 - Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.

18 - She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.

19 - The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.

20 - By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.

21 - My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:

22 - And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.

23 - Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:

24 - If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

25 - Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.

26 - For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

27 - Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.

28 - Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.

29 - Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.

30 - Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.

31 - Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways.

32 - For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

33 - Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.

34 - He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.

35 - The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.