It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.

My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,

Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.

The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

he taught me, and he said to me: “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems instruction will be rewarded.

by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.