1. My son, obey my words,and treasure my commands.
2. Keep my commands and live; protect my teachingsas the pupil of your eye.
3. Tie them to your fingers;write them on the tablet of your heart.
4. Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your relative.
5. She will keep you from a forbidden woman,a stranger with her flattering talk.
6. At the window of my houseI looked through my lattice.
7. I saw among the inexperienced, I noticed among the youths,a young man lacking sense.
8. Crossing the street near her corner,he strolled down the road to her house