¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;

² So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;

³ Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;

⁴ If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,

⁵ Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.

⁶ For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;

⁷ Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,

⁸ To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.

⁹ Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity—every noble course.

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,

¹¹ Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee:—

¹² To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

¹³ From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;

¹⁵ Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:

¹⁶ To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

¹⁷ Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;

¹⁸ For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;

¹⁹ None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:

²⁰ To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.

²¹ For, the upright, shall abide on the earth,—and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;

²² But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall be cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.