1My son, observe my sayings, and my commandments must thou treasure up with thee.
2Observe my commandments, and live: and my teaching as the apple of thy eyes.
3Bind them around thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5That they may keep thee from an adulterous woman, from an alien that useth flattering speeches.
6For through the window of my house, through my lattice did I once look out,
7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a lad void of sense;