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.