3 My son, forget not my law;
but let thine heart keep my commandments:
² for length of days, and long life, and peace,
shall they add to thee.

¹³ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
and the man that getteth understanding.
¹⁴ For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold.
¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies:
and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand;
and in her left hand riches and honour.
¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:
and happy is every one that retaineth her.

¹⁷ He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction:
    but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

¹⁹ As righteousness tendeth to life:
    so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
    and he that winneth souls is wise.

²⁸ In the way of righteousness is life;
    and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

⁴ A wholesome tongue is a tree of life:
    but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

¹⁵ In the light of the king’s countenance is life;
    and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.