1   
My sonne, forget not my lawe; ^note but let thine heart keepe my commaundements:

2   
For length of dayes, and ^note long life, and peace shall they adde to thee.

Wisdomes praise.

3   
Let not mercy and trueth forsake thee: ^note bind them about thy necke, write them vpon the table of thine heart.

4   
^noteSo shalt thou find fauour, and ^note good vnderstanding in the sight of God, and man.

5   
¶ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and leaue not vnto thine owne vnderstanding.

6   
^noteIn all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pathes.

7   
¶ ^note Be not wise in thine owne eyes: feare the Lord, and depart from euill.

8   
It shalbe ^note health to thy nauill, and ^note marrow to thy bones.

9   
^noteHonour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase.

10   
^noteSo shall thy barnes be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

11   
¶ ^note My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord: neither be weary of his correction.

12   
For whom the Lord loueth, he correcteth, euen as a father the sonne, in whom he delighteth.

13   
¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and ^note the man that getteth vnderstanding.

14   
^noteFor the merchandise of it is better then the merchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof, then fine gold.

15   
She is more precious then Rubies: and all the things thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

16   
Length of dayes is in her right hand: and in her left hand, riches and honour.

17   
Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace.

18   
She is a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: and happy is euery one that retaineth her.

19   
The Lord by wisedome hath founded the earth; by vnderstanding hath he ^note established the heauens.

20   
By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp; and the cloudes droppe downe the dew.

21   
¶ My sonne, let not them depart from thine eyes: keepe sound wisedome and discretion.

22   
So shall they bee life vnto thy soule, and grace to thy necke.

23   
^noteThen shalt thou walke in thy way safely, ∧ thy foot shall not stumble.

24   
When thou lyest downe, thou Dauids care. shalt not be afraide: yea, thou shalt lye downe, and thy sleepe shalbe sweet.

25   
Be not afraid of sudden feare, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it commeth.

26   
For the Lord shalbe thy confidence, and shall keepe thy foote from being taken.

27   
¶ Withhold not good from them ^note to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to doe it.

28   
Say not vnto thy neighbour, Goe, and come againe, and to morrow I will giue, when thou hast it by thee.

29   
^noteDeuise not euil against thy neighbour, seeing hee dwelleth securely by thee.

30   
¶ Striue not with a man without cause, if hee haue done thee no harme.

31   
¶ ^note Enuie thou not ^note the oppressour, and choose none of his wayes.

32   
For the froward is abomination to the Lord: ^note but his secret is with the righteous.

33   
¶ ^note The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the iust.

34   
^noteSurely he scorneth the scorners: but he giueth grace vnto the lowly.

35   
The wise shall inherite glory, but shame ^note shalbe the promotion of fooles. 632

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