3 My son, don’t forget my instruction.
    Let your heart guard my commands,
²     because they will help you live a long time
    and provide you with well-being.
³ Don’t let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.
    Bind them on your neck;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴ Then you will find favor and approval
    in the eyes of God and humanity.
⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
    don’t rely on your own intelligence.
⁶ Know him in all your paths,
    and he will keep your ways straight.