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1 - My son, forget not my law; but let thy heart keep my commandments;

2 - For length of days, and long 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 thy heart:

4 - So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

5 - Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.

6 - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

7 - Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

8 - It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

9 - Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thy increase:

10 - So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

11 - My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

12 - For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

13 - Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

14 - For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain of it than fine gold.

15 - She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her.

16 - Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honor.

17 - Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

18 - She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.

19 - The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

20 - By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

21 - My son, let not them depart from thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

22 - So shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

23 - Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

24 - When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

25 - Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

26 - For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being taken.

27 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do [it].

28 - Say not to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

29 - Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

30 - Strive not with a man without cause, if he hath done thee no harm.

31 - Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

32 - For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.

33 - The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

34 - Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace to the lowly.

35 - The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.