KJV ¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

VULC ¹ [Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos,
et mandata mea absconderis penes te :

KJV ² So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

VULC ² ut audiat sapientiam auris tua,
inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.

KJV ³ Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

VULC ³ Si enim sapientiam invocaveris,
et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ ;

KJV ⁴ If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

VULC ⁴ si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam,
et sicut thesauros effoderis illam :

KJV ⁵ Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

VULC ⁵ tunc intelliges timorem Domini,
et scientiam Dei invenies,

KJV ⁶ For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

VULC ⁶ quia Dominus dat sapientiam,
et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.

KJV ⁷ He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

VULC ⁷ Custodiet rectorum salutem,
et proteget gradientes simpliciter,

KJV ⁸ He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

VULC ⁸ servans semitas justitiæ,
et vias sanctorum custodiens.

KJV ⁹ Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

VULC ⁹ Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium,
et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.]

KJV ¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

VULC ¹⁰ [Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum,
et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,

KJV ¹¹ Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

VULC ¹¹ consilium custodiet te,
et prudentia servabit te :

KJV ¹² To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

VULC ¹² ut eruaris a via mala,
et ab homine qui perversa loquitur ;

KJV ¹³ Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

VULC ¹³ qui relinquunt iter rectum,
et ambulant per vias tenebrosas ;

KJV ¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

VULC ¹⁴ qui lætantur cum malefecerint,
et exsultant in rebus pessimis ;

KJV ¹⁵ Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

VULC ¹⁵ quorum viæ perversæ sunt,
et infames gressus eorum.

KJV ¹⁶ To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

VULC ¹⁶ Ut eruaris a muliere aliena,
et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,

KJV ¹⁷ Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

VULC ¹⁷ et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,

KJV ¹⁸ For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

VULC ¹⁸ et pacti Dei sui oblita est.
Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus,
et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.

KJV ¹⁹ None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

VULC ¹⁹ Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur,
nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.

KJV ²⁰ That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

VULC ²⁰ Ut ambules in via bona,
et calles justorum custodias :

KJV ²¹ For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

VULC ²¹ qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra,
et simplices permanebunt in ea ;

KJV ²² But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

VULC ²² impii vero de terra perdentur,
et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.]