1. My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
2. for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.
3. Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
4. and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5. Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
6. in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.
7. Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
8. it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.
9. Honour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;