*Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.
Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
But he said, *On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.*