Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.
Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.
Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.