1. My son, forget not my law; but let thy heart keep my commandments;
2. For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:
4. So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5. Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.
6. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.
7. Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9. Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thy increase:
10. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
11. My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12. For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.