1 My son, keep my words

and store up my commands within you.

2 Keep my commands and you will live;

guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

3 Bind them on your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and to insight, “You are my relative.”

5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,

from the wayward woman with her seductive words.

1 My son, keep my words,

And lay up my commandments with thee.

2 Keep my commandments, and live;

And my law as the apple of thine eye.

3 Bind them upon thy fingers,

Write them upon the table of thine heart.

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;

And call understanding thy kinswoman:

5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman,

From the stranger which flattereth with her words.

1 Follow my advice, my son;

always treasure my commands.

2 Obey my commands and live!

Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.

3 Tie them on your fingers as a reminder.

Write them deep within your heart.

4 Love wisdom like a sister;

make insight a beloved member of your family.

5 Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,

from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

1 My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you.

2 Keep my commands and live,

And my law as the apple of your eye.

3 Bind them on your fingers;

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

And call understanding your nearest kin,

5 That they may keep you from the immoral woman,

From the seductress who flatters with her words.

1 My son, remember what I say, and treasure my commands.

2 Obey my commands, and you will live.

Guard my teachings as you would your own eyes.

3 Remind yourself of them;

write them on your heart as if on a tablet.

4 Treat wisdom as a sister,

and make understanding your closest friend.

5 Wisdom and understanding will keep you away from adultery,

away from the unfaithful wife and her pleasing words.

1 My son, keep my words,

And lay up my commandments with thee.

2 Keep my commandments and live;

And my law as the apple of thine eye.

3 Bind them upon thy fingers;

Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;

And call understanding thy kinswoman:

5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman,

From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman: 5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.

1 My son, 

pay attention to my words. 

Treasure my commands that are within you. 

2 Obey my commands so that you may live. 

Follow my teachings just as you protect the pupil of your eye. 

3 Tie them on your fingers. 

Write them on the tablet of your heart. 

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister.” 

Give the name “my relative” to understanding 

5 in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman, 

from a loose woman with her smooth talk. 

1 My son, obey my words,

and treasure my commands.

2 Keep my commands and live;

protect my teachings

as the pupil of your eye.

3 Tie them to your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call understanding your relative.

5 She will keep you from a forbidden woman,

a stranger with her flattering talk.

1 My child, keep my words

and store up my commandments with you;

2 keep my commandments and live,

keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;

3 bind them on your fingers,

write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call insight your intimate friend,

5 that they may keep you from the loose woman,

from the adulteress with her smooth words.

1 My child, guard my sayings;

store my commandments with you.

2 Keep my commands and live,

and my teaching like the apple of your eye.

3 Bind them on your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “you are my sister,”

and you shall call insight, “intimate friend.”

5 In order to guard yourself from an adulteress,

from the foreigner who makes her words smooth.

1 My son, obey my words.

Store up my commands inside you.

2 Obey my commands and you will live.

Guard my teachings as you would your own eyes.

3 Tie them on your fingers.

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister.”

Call understanding a member of your family.

5 They will keep you from a woman who commits adultery.

They will keep you from the smooth talk of a sinful wife.

1 My son, keep my words

And treasure my commandments within you.

2 Keep my commandments and live,

And my teaching as the apple of your eye.

3 Bind them on your fingers;

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

And call understanding your intimate friend;

5 That they may keep you from an adulteress,

From the foreigner who flatters with her words.