3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
3:24. When thou list down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and they sleep shall be sweet.
3:25. Be not afraid of sudden fear neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
3:26 .For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
3:27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
3:28. Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
3:29. Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelled securely by thee.
3:30. Strive not with a man without cause is, if he have done thee no harm.
3:31. Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
3:32. For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
3:33. The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blessed the habitation of the just.
3:34 . Surely he scorned the scorners: but he gives grace unto the lowly.
3:35. The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
4.
4:1. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
4:2. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
4:3. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
4:5. Get wisdom understands: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
4:6. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
4:7. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
4:8. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
4:9. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
4:10. Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
4:11. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
4:12. When thou goes, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runniest, thou shalt not stumble.
4:13. Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
4:14. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
4:15. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
4:16. For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
4:17. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
4:18. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shined more and more unto the perfect day.
4:19. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
4:20. My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
4:21. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
4:22. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
4:23 . Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
4:24. Reject from you falsity of lips, and slyness of language of daring from yourself. .
4:25. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
4:26. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
4:27. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
5.
5:1. My son, attend unto my wisdom and bow thine ear to my understanding:
5:2. That thou gayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
5:3. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oiclass="underline" 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5:5. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
5:6. Lest thou shouldʹst ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
5:7. Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
5:8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
5:9. Lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the crueclass="underline"
5:10. Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger;
5:11. And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,