My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. {wisdom: Heb. an heart}

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Bind them continually upon thine heart, {and} tie them about thy neck.