He who guards the command guards his life, He who despises His ways dies.
And He said to him, “You have answered rightly. Do this and you shall live.”
He who despises the Word is destroyed, But he who fears the command is rewarded.
But He said, “Blessed rather are those hearing the Word of Elohim and watching over it!”
For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands, and His commands are not heavy,
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we guard His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Where there is no vision, the people are let loose, But blessed is he who guards the Torah.
Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Guards his life from distresses.
The highway of the straight Is to turn away from evil; He who guards his life watches over His way.
“Blessed are those doing His commands, so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.
The circumcision is naught, and the uncircumcision is naught, but the guarding of the commands of Elohim does matter!
Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear Elohim and guard His commands, for this applies to all mankind!
He who guards the command knows no evil matter. And the heart of the wise discerns both time and right-ruling,
My son, do not forget my Torah, And let your heart watch over my commands;
“If you love Me, you shall guard My commands.
“For what is a man profited if he gains all the world, and loses his own life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
‘He heard the sound of the ram’s horn, but he did not take warning, his blood is on himself. But he who takes warning shall deliver his being.
“But this word I did command them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I shall be your Elohim, and you be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, so that it be well with you.’
Thorns, snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his life keeps far away from them.
He who ignores discipline hates himself, But he who listens to reproof gets understanding.
To those who guard His covenant, And to those who remember His orders to do them.
For wrath kills the fool, and envy slays the simple.
A man who strays from the way of understanding, Rests in the assembly of the dead.