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3 My son, remember the rules I have taught you!
Always be mindful to obey what I have commanded you!
2 Do this because obeying what I have commanded you will help you live for a long time with many fulfilling and peaceful years.
3 Always be faithful and trustworthy.
Let everyone see how faithful and trustworthy you are, as if they were a necklace you are wearing.
Remember to be faithful and trustworthy at all times.
4 As a result of doing so, both God and people will approve of you and think well of you.
5 Trust Yahweh completely,
and do not rely on what you understand.
6 Remember Yahweh whenever you do anything.
As a result of doing so, he will show you what you should do.
7 Do not think that you are wise.
Instead, reverently fear Yahweh and refuse to do what is evil.
8 Doing so will make your body healthy.
Indeed, doing so will refresh you.
9 Revere Yahweh by giving to him some of your riches,
even by giving to him some of the first crops from everything that you harvest.
10 Doing so will result in your places for storing crops becoming abundantly full of crops.
Even your containers for wine will overflow with fresh wine.
11 My son, do not refuse to listen when Yahweh corrects you.
Do not be resentful even when he rebukes you.
12 Do not do so because Yahweh only reproves the people whom he loves.
He is similar to a father who reproves the son whom he likes.
13 People who gain what is wise are happy.
Indeed, people who gain what they should understand are truly happy.
14 This is because being wise profits people more than silver could profit them.
Indeed, being wise benefits people more than gold could benefit them.
15 Being wise is more valuable than precious jewels.
There is nothing you desire that is worth as much as being wise.
16 Being wise will help you live for a long time.
Being wise will help you become wealthy and honorable.
17 Being wise will make you live pleasantly.
Indeed, in every way being wise will make you live peacefully.
18 What is wise is like a tree with fruit that keeps alive people who hold on to it,
People who are consistently wise live happily.
19 Yahweh made the world by using what is wise.
He made the sky by using what he understands.
20 According to what Yahweh understands, water flowed forth from deep below the earth and water fell from the clouds above.
21 My son, always remember to do what is prudent and discreet.
Always be mindful to do those things.
22 Doing so will help you live for a long time
and will make you respectable, as if you had an attractive necklace around your neck.
23 Doing so will also cause you to live safely.
You will not even get hurt.
24 When you lie down to sleep, you will not fear anything.
You will even lie down to sleep and sleep peacefully.
25 Do not worry about something terrible happening to you suddenly,
or about what will happen when God destroys wicked people.
26 Do not worry because Yahweh will make you confident.
He will not allow people to harm you.
27 Do not refrain from giving what is good to people who deserve it
when you are able to do so.
28 When you have something that your neighbor needs, do not tell that person,
“Go away and come back later. I will give it to you then.”
29 Do not plan to harm anyone, even someone who lives nearby and trusts you.
30 Do not argue needlessly with someone who has not harmed you.
31 Do not envy violent people.
Do not imitate anything they do.
32 Do not do so because Yahweh detests such people who act wickedly,
but he converses like a friend with people who act uprightly.
33 Yahweh causes bad things to happen to the families of wicked people,
but he causes good things to happen to the families of righteous people.
34 Yahweh is the one who ridicules people who ridicule others,
but he approves of people who are humble.
35 People will honor wise people,
but will shame foolish people.
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