| 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. | Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. |
| 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. | My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace. |
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| 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. | Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man. |
| 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. | Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones. |
| Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase. | Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase. |
| 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. | My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction; for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. |
| Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. | Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. |
| Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. | Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. |
| 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. | Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright. |
| Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth. |
| Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. | Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. |
| Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. | Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. |
| I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. | I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. |
| My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. | My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart. |
| Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. | Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. |
| Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. | Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. |
| Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. | Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. |
| Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. | Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. |
| Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. | Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. |
| My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. | My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. |
| Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? | Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? |
| The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. | The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth. |
| For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. | For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. |
| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. | The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
| A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. | A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. |
