| 1 | My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart guard my precepts. |
| 2 | For they shall set before you length of days, and years of life, and peace. |
| 3 | Let not mercy and truth abandon you: encircle them around your throat, and inscribe them on the tablets of your heart. |
| 4 | And so shall you discover grace and good discipline, in the sight of God and men. |
| 5 | Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. |
| 6 | In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps. |
| 7 | Do not seem wise to yourself. Fear God, and withdraw from evil. |
| 8 | Certainly, it shall be health to your navel, and refreshment to your bones. |
| 9 | Honor the Lord with your substance, and give to him from the first of all your fruits, |
| 10 | and then your storehouses will be filled with abundance, and your presses shall overflow with wine. |
| 11 | My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him. |
| 12 | For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over. |
| 13 | Blessed is the man who finds wisdom and who advances to prudence. |
| 14 | Her acquisition is better than trading in silver, and her fruit is better than the first and purest gold. |
| 15 | She is more precious than all riches, and all that can be desired cannot prevail in comparison to her. |
| 16 | Length of days is at her right hand, and at her left hand is wealth and glory. |
| 17 | Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceful. |
| 18 | She is a tree of life to those who overtake her, and he who shall take hold of her is blessed. |
| 19 | The Lord founded the earth on wisdom. He secured the heavens with prudence. |
| 20 | By his wisdom, the abyss erupted and the clouds increased with dew. |
| 21 | My son, let not these things move away from your eyes. Preserve law as well as counsel. |
| 22 | And so shall there be life in your soul and grace in your voice. |
| 23 | Then you shall walk confidently in your way, and your feet will not stumble. |
| 24 | When you slumber, you shall not fear. When you rest, your sleep also will be sweet. |
| 25 | Do not fear unexpected terror, nor the power of the impious falling upon you. |
| 26 | For the Lord will be at your side, and he will guard your feet, so that you may not be seized. |
| 27 | Do not prevent him who is able from doing good. When you are able, do good yourself too. |
| 28 | Do not say to your friend: "Go away, and then return. Tomorrow I will give to you." When you are able to do so, give in the present. |
| 29 | Do not undertake evil against your friend, even though he has trust in you. |
| 30 | Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you. |
| 31 | Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways. |
| 32 | For everyone who ridicules is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is for the simple. |
| 33 | Destitution in the house of the impious is from the Lord. But the habitations of the just shall be blessed. |
| 34 | He will ridicule those who ridicule, but he will bestow grace upon the mild. |
| 35 | The wise will possess glory. The exaltation of the foolish is disgraceful. |
