Proverbs 3:1-18 (Douay Rheims)
[1] My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments. [2] For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace. [3] Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart: [4] And thou shalt find grace and good understanding before God and men. [5] Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
[6] In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. [7] Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil: [8] For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones. [9] Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits: [10] And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.
[11] My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him: [12] For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself. [13] Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence: [14] The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold: [15] She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
[16] Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory. [17] Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable. [18] She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.