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¹ My son, do not forget my law; but let your heart keep my commandments;² For the length of days and long life will they add to you;³ And peace, mercy, and truth will not forsake you; bind them about your neck; write them upon the tablets of your heart:⁴ So you shall find favor, grace, and understanding in the sight of God and men.⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and rely not on your own wisdom.⁶ In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

⁷ Be not wise in your own eyes; revere the LORD, and depart from evil.⁸ It shall be healing to your flesh and marrow to your bones.⁹ Honor the LORD with your substance and with the first fruits of all your crops;¹⁰ So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your wine presses shall burst out with new wine.¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither be weary of his corrections.¹² For whom the LORD loves he corrects, even as a father corrects his son.

¹³ Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the son of the man who finds understanding.¹⁴ For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gains than fine gold.¹⁵ She is more valuable than precious stones; and there is nothing 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 those who lay hold of her; and blessed are those who wait for her.¹⁹ The LORD by his wisdom has founded the earth; by his understanding 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 my commandments depart from your eyes; keep my doctrine, and my counsels;²² So shall they be life to your soul and grace to your neck.²³ Then you shall walk in your way with hope and your foot shall not stumble.²⁴ When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yea, you shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.²⁵ You shall not fear sudden tumult, neither the violence of the wicked, when it comes.²⁶ For the LORD shall be with you and shall keep your foot that you may not be caught in the snare.

²⁷ Do not refuse to do that which is good, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.²⁸ When you have something, do not say to your neighbor, Go, and come again tomorrow, and I will give it to you.²⁹ Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells in peace beside you.³⁰ Do not contend with a man without a cause, if he has done you no harm.³¹ Do not envy a wicked man, and choose none of his ways.³² For the wicked man is an abomination in the presence of the LORD: but the secret of the LORD is with the upright.³³ The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.³⁴ Surely he despises scorners; but he has compassion on the wise.³⁵ Wise men shall inherit glory; but fools shall receive disgrace.