"Nowtherefore, [O] sons,listento me, For blessedare they who keepmy ways.
"For I have keptthe waysof the LORD,And have not actedwickedlyagainstmy God.
"Abaddonand Deathsay,'With our earswe have hearda reportof it.'
How blessedis everyonewho fearsthe LORD,Who walksin His ways.
For I have keptthe waysof the LORD,And have not wickedlydepartedfrom my God.
Where thereis novision,the peopleare unrestrained,But happyis he who keepsthe law.
How blessedis the manwho findswisdomAnd the manwho gainsunderstanding.
She is a treeof lifeto those who takeholdof her, And happyare all who holdher fast.
Nowthen, [my] sons,listento me And do not departfrom the wordsof my mouth.
Nowtherefore, [my] sons,listento me, And payattentionto the wordsof my mouth.
But He said,"On the contrary,blessedare thosewho hearthe wordof Godand observeit."
