My son,
forget
not my law;
but let thine heart
keep
my commandments:
For length
of days,
and long
life,
and peace,
shall they add
to thee.
Let not mercy
and truth
forsake
thee: bind
them about thy neck;
write
them upon the table
of thine heart:
So shalt thou find
favour
and good
understanding
in the sight
of God
and man.
Trust
in the LORD
with all thine heart;
and lean
not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways
acknowledge
him, and he shall direct
thy paths.
Be not wise
in thine own eyes:
fear
the LORD,
and depart
from evil.
It shall be health
to thy navel,
and marrow
to thy bones.
Honour
the LORD
with thy substance,
and with the firstfruits
of all thine increase:
So shall thy barns
be filled
with plenty,
and thy presses
shall burst out
with new wine.
My son,
despise
not the chastening
of the LORD;
neither be weary
of his correction:
For whom the LORD
loveth
he correcteth;
even as a father
the son
in whom he delighteth.
Happy
is the man
that findeth
wisdom,
and the man
that getteth
understanding.
For the merchandise
of it is better
than the merchandise
of silver,
and the gain
thereof than fine gold.
She is more precious
than rubies:
and all the things thou canst desire
are not to be compared
unto her.
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εὔγνωστός
eugnōstos
Length
of days
is in her right hand;
and in her left hand
riches
and honour.
Her ways
are ways
of pleasantness,
and all her paths
are peace.
She is a tree
of life
to them that lay hold
upon her: and happy
is every one that retaineth
her.
The LORD
by wisdom
hath founded
the earth;
by understanding
hath he established
the heavens.
By his knowledge
the depths
are broken up,
and the clouds
drop down
the dew.
My son,
let not them depart
from thine eyes:
keep
sound wisdom
and discretion:
So shall they be life
unto thy soul,
and grace
to thy neck.
Then shalt thou walk
in thy way
safely,
and thy foot
shall not stumble.
When thou liest down,
thou shalt not be afraid:
yea, thou shalt lie down,
and thy sleep
shall be sweet.
Be not afraid
of sudden
fear,
neither of the desolation
of the wicked,
when it cometh.
For the LORD
shall be thy confidence,
and shall keep
thy foot
from being taken.
Withhold
not good
from them to whom it is due,
when it is in the power
of thine hand
to do
it.
Say
not unto thy neighbour,
Go,
and come again,
and to morrow
I will give;
when thou hast
it by thee.
Devise
not evil
against thy neighbour,
seeing he dwelleth
securely
by thee.
Strive
not with a man
without cause,
if he have done
thee no harm.
Envy
thou not the oppressor,
and choose
none of his ways.
For the froward
is abomination
to the LORD:
but his secret
is with the righteous.
The curse
of the LORD
is in the house
of the wicked:
but he blesseth
the habitation
of the just.
Surely he scorneth
the scorners:
but he giveth
grace
unto the lowly.
The wise
shall inherit
glory:
but shame
shall be the promotion
of fools.
