- My child, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,
for length of days and years of life
and abundant welfare they will give you. - Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will find favor and high regard
in the sight of God and of people. - Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own insight.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths. - Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
It will be a healing for your flesh
and a refreshment for your body. - Honor the Lord with your substance
and with the first fruits of all your produce. - My child, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
for the Lord reproves the one he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights. - Happy are those who find wisdom
and those who get understanding. - Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to do it. - Do not envy the violent,
and do not choose any of their ways,
for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence.
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