There shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord;

2 A wise man will not hate the law;

3 A man of understanding will put his trust in the law;

4 Prepare thy speech, and so shalt thou be heard;

5 The heart of a fool is as a cartwheel;

6 A stallion horse is as a mocking friend;

7 Why doth one day excel another,

8 By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished;

9 Some of them he exalted and hallowed,

10 And all men are from the ground,

11 In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them,

12 Some of them he blessed and exalted,

13 As the clay of the potter in his hand,

14 Good is set over against evil,

15 And thus look upon all the works of the Most High;

16 And I waked up last,

17 Consider that I labored not for myself alone,

18 Hear me, ye great men of the people,

19 To son and wife, to brother and friend,

20 While thou yet livest, and breath is in thee,

21 For better it is that thy children should supplicate thee,

22 In all thy works keep the upper hand;

23 In the day that thou endest the days of thy life,

24 Fodder, a stick, and burdens, for an ass;

25 Set thy servant to work, and thou shalt find rest:

26 Yoke and thong will bow the neck:

27 Send him to labor, that he be not idle;

28 Set him to work, as is fit for him;

29 And be not excessive toward any;

30 If thou hast a servant, let him be as thyself,

31 If thou hast a servant, treat him as thyself;