²¹ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes:
keep sound wisdom and discretion:
²² so shall they be life unto thy soul,
and grace to thy neck.
²³ Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely,
and thy foot shall not stumble.
²⁴ When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:
yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
²⁵ Be not afraid of sudden fear,
neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
²⁶ For the Lord shall be thy confidence,
and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.
² For I give you good doctrine,
forsake ye not my law.
³ For I was my father’s son,
tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
⁴ He taught me also, and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:
keep my commandments, and live.
⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding:
forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee:
love her, and she shall keep thee.
⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
and with all thy getting get understanding.

5 My son, attend unto my wisdom,
and bow thine ear to my understanding:
² that thou mayest regard discretion,
and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

9 Wisdom hath builded her house,
she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
² she hath killed her beasts;
she hath mingled her wine;
she hath also furnished her table.
³ She hath sent forth her maidens:
she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
⁴ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:
as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
⁵ Come, eat of my bread,
and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
⁶ Forsake the foolish, and live;
and go in the way of understanding.

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom:
and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way:
    but the folly of fools is deceit.

¹⁵ The simple believeth every word:
    but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

⁵ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
    but of every one that is hasty only to want.

³ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself:
    but the simple pass on, and are punished.