MSTC(i)
1 Hear, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed, that ye may learn wisdom.
2 Yea I shall give you a good reward, if ye will not forsake my law.
3 For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother,
4 he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
5 Get thee wisdom, get thee understanding, forget not the words of my mouth, and shrink not from them.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
7 The chief point of wisdom is that thou be willing to obtain wisdom, and before all thy goods to get the understanding.
8 Make much of her and she shall promote thee: Yea, if thou embracest her, she shall bring thee unto honour.
9 She shall make thee a gracious head, and garnish thee with the crown of glory."
10 Hear, my son, and receive my words, that the years of thy life may be many.
11 I will show thee the way of wisdom, and lead thee in the right paths.
12 So that if thou goest therein, there shall no straitness hinder thee: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.