- My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart guard my precepts
- For they shall set before you length of days, and years of life, and peace
- Let not mercy and truth abandon you: encircle them around your throat, and inscribe them on the tablets of your heart
- And so shall you discover grace and good discipline, in the sight of God and men
- Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence
- In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps
- Do not seem wise to yourself. Fear God, and withdraw from evil
- Certainly, it shall be health to your navel, and refreshment to your bones
- Honor the Lord with your substance, and give to him from the first of all your fruits
- and then your storehouses will be filled with abundance, and your presses shall overflow with wine
- My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him
- For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over
- Blessed is the man who finds wisdom and who advances to prudence
- Her acquisition is better than trading in silver, and her fruit is better than the first and purest gold
- She is more precious than all riches, and all that can be desired cannot prevail in comparison to her
- Length of days is at her right hand, and at her left hand is wealth and glory
- Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceful
- She is a tree of life to those who overtake her, and he who shall take hold of her is blessed
- The Lord founded the earth on wisdom. He secured the heavens with prudence
- By his wisdom, the abyss erupted and the clouds increased with dew
- My son, let not these things move away from your eyes. Preserve law as well as counsel
- And so shall there be life in your soul and grace in your voice
- Then you shall walk confidently in your way, and your feet will not stumble
- When you slumber, you shall not fear. When you rest, your sleep also will be sweet
- Do not fear unexpected terror, nor the power of the impious falling upon you
- For the Lord will be at your side, and he will guard your feet, so that you may not be seized
- Do not prevent him who is able from doing good. When you are able, do good yourself too
- Do not say to your friend: “Go away, and then return. Tomorrow I will give to you.” When you are able to do so, give in the present
- Do not undertake evil against your friend, even though he has trust in you
- Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you
- Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways
- For everyone who ridicules is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is for the simple
- Destitution in the house of the impious is from the Lord. But the habitations of the just shall be blessed
- He will ridicule those who ridicule, but he will bestow grace upon the mild
- The wise will possess glory. The exaltation of the foolish is disgraceful