3 Let not mercy and trueth forſake thee: ** Exod. 13.9 duet.6.8. bind them about thy necke, write them vpon the table of thine heart.
4 ** Pſal. 111.10. So ſhalt thou find fauour, and ǁǁ Or, good ſucceſſe. good vnderſtanding in the fight of God, and man.
5 ¶ Truſt in the Lord with all thine heart; and leane not vnto thine owne vnderſtanding.
6 ** 1. Chron. 28.9. In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he ſhall direct thy pathes.
7 ¶ ** Rom. 12.16. Be not wiſe in thine owne eyes: feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
8 It ſhalbe †† Hebr. medicine. health to thy nauill, and †† Hebr. watring, or moyſtning. marrow to thy bones.
9 ** Exod. 23.19. and 34.36. deut. 26.2. &c. mala. 3.10. &c. luke 14.13. Honour the Lord with thy ſubſtance, and with the firſt fruits of all thine increaſe.
10 ** Deut. 28.8. So ſhall thy barnes be filled with plenty, and thy preſſes ſhall burſt out with new wine.
11 ¶ ** Iob 5.17. hebr. 12.5. apoc. 3.19. My ſonne, deſpiſe not the chaſtening of the Lord: neither be weary of this correction.
12 For whom the Lord loueth, he correcteth, euen as a father the ſonne, in whom he delighteth.
13 ¶ Happy is the man that findeth wiſedome, and †† Hebr. the man that draweth out vnderſtanding. the man that getteth vnderſtanding.
14 ** Iob 28.15. &c. pſal. 19.10. pro.8.verſ.11. and 19. and 16.16. For the merchandiſe of it is better than the merchandiſe of ſiluer, and the gaine thereof, then fine gold.
15 She is more precious than Rubies: and all the things thou canſt deſire, are not to be compared vnto her.
16 Length of dayes is in her right hand: and in her left hand, riches and honour.
17 Her wayes are wayes of pleſantneſſe: and all her pathes are peace.
18 She is a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: and happy is euery one that retaineth her.
19 The Lord by wiſdome hath founded the earth; by vnderſtanding hath he ǁǁ Or, prepared eſtabliſhed the heauens.
20 By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp; and the cloudes droppe downe the dew.
21 ¶ My ſonne, let not them depart from thine eyes: keepe ſound wiſdome and diſcretion.
22 So ſhall they bee life vnto thy ſoule, and grace to thy necke.
23 ** Pſal. 27.24. and 91.11. Then ſhalt thou walke in thy way ſafely, ⁊ thy foot ſhall not ſtumble.
24 When thou lyeſt downe, thou ſhalt not be afraide: yea, thou ſhalt lye downe, and thy ſleepe ſhalbe ſweet.
