¹ Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;

² that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

³ Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁴ Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:

⁵ and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

⁶ These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;

⁷ and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

⁸ You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.

⁹ You shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates.

¹⁰ It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn't build,

¹¹ and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn't plant, and you shall eat and be full;

¹² then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

¹³ You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.

¹⁴ You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;

¹⁵ for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

¹⁶ You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

¹⁷ You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

¹⁸ You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,

¹⁹ to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

²⁰ When your son asks you in time to come, saying, "What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?"

²¹ then you shall tell your son, "We were Pharaoh's bondservants in Egypt: and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

²² and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

²³ and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.

²⁴ Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.

²⁵ It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us."

¹ Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

² She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

³ She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:

⁴ "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

⁵ "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

⁶ Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

⁷ He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

⁸ Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

⁹ Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰ The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

¹¹ For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

¹² If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

¹³ The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

¹⁴ She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵ To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,

¹⁶ "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

¹⁷ "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

¹⁸ But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.