This translation is from the New Jerusalem Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text.
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My child, do not forget my teaching, let your heart keep my principles, 2since they will increase your length of days, your years of life and your well-being. 3Let faithful love and constancy never leave you: tie them round your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Thus you will find favour and success in the sight of God and of people.
5Trust wholeheartedly in Yahweh, put no faith in your own perception; 6acknowledge him in every course you take, and he will see that your paths are smooth.
7Do not congratulate yourself on your own wisdom, fear Yahweh and turn your back on evil: 8health-giving, this, to your body, relief to your bones.
9Honour Yahweh with what goods you have and with the first-fruits of all your produce; 10then your barns will be filled with corn, your vats overflowing with new wine.
11My child, do not scorn correction from Yahweh, do not resent his reproof; 12for Yahweh reproves those he loves, as a father the child whom he loves.
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forget = שָׁכַח = šāḵaḥ Blue Letter Bible forget, ignore; cease to care; wither; be oblivious of
teaching = תּוֹרָה = tôrâ Blue Letter Bible law; instruction, direction (human or divine); body of prophetic teaching; instruction in Messianic age; body of legal directives; custom, manner; the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law; precept; statute; doctrine
heart= לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything
keep = נָצַר = nāṣar Blue Letter Bible watch over; observe, guard with fidelity; kept close, be blockaded; protect, maintain, obey; preserve
principles = מִצְוָה = miṣvâ Blue Letter Bible commandment; law, ordinance, precept
faithful love = חֶסֶד = ḥeseḏ Blue Letter Bible goodness, kindness, faithfulness; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy; kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy; lovely appearance; of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures; redemption from enemies and troubles; in preservation of life from death; in quickening of spiritual life; in redemption from sin; in keeping the covenants; fidelity; abundant, plenteous in kindness (goodness); greatness of thy mercy; everlasting; plural mercies, deeds of kindness, the historic displays of lovingkindness; desire, ardor; zeal; benignity, benevolence, pity, mercy; grace
constancy = אֱמֶת = 'ĕmeṯ Blue Letter Bible firmness, faithfulness, truth; sureness, reliability; stability, continuance; certainty, truth, trustworthiness; perpetuity; fidelity
tie = קָשַׁר = qāšar Blue Letter Bible to bind, tie, bind together, league together, conspire; confine; robust, vigorous
round = עַל = ʿal Blue Letter Bible upon; beside; in addition to; together with; with; beyond, over (of excess); above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence); around (of contiguity or proximity); down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion); state of resting on; wearing or clothed with; something superadded; covering, protecting; surpassing, going beyond; a cause of; unto or towards; burden; incumbent on; in the manner of, in accordance with; elevation or pre-eminence; together with
neck = גַּרְגְּרוֹת = gargᵊrôṯ Blue Letter Bible neck, throat
write =כָּתַב = kāṯaḇ Blue Letter Bible inscribe, engrave, write in, write on; to register, enroll, record; prescribe, direct in writing; describe, to decree
tablet = לוּחַ = lûaḥ Blue Letter Bible tablets (of stone); boards (of wood); plate (of metal)
heart= לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything
trust = בָּטַח = bāṭaḥ Blue Letter Bible have confidence, be confident; be bold; be secure; feel safe, be careless; to trust, be confident or sure:—be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust; confide in, place one’s confidence in; to be secure, fear nothing for one’s self; persuade to trust
all = כֹּל = kol Blue Letter Bible the whole; any, each, every, anything; totality, everything, of all kinds, every sort
heart= לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything
faith = שָׁעַן = šāʿan Blue Letter Bible lean on, trust in, support; rest upon, recline
own perception = בִּינָה = bînâ Blue Letter Bible discernment; knowledge; insight; wisdom; intelligence; skill
acknowledge =יָדַע= yāḏaʿ Blue Letter Bible perceive and see, find out and discern; discriminate, distinguish; know by experience; recognize; be acquainted with; to know (a person carnally); to know how, be skillful in; to have knowledge, be wise; be made known, be or become known, be revealed; be instructed; privy to; seeing; observe with the eyes; be aware of; get to know, discover; turn the mind to, care about, see about
every = כֹּל = kol Blue Letter Bible the whole; any, each, every, anything; totality, everything, of all kinds, every sort
way = דֶּרֶךְ = dereḵ Blue Letter Bible way, road, distance, journey, manner; path; mode; habit, way; course of life; mode of action
paths = אֹרַח = 'ōraḥ Blue Letter Bible way, path; road; way of living; a well-trodden road; by-, high-) way; course of living and acting; way of living; mode of living, or of character
smooth = יָשַׁר = yāšar Blue Letter Bible right, straight, level, upright, just, lawful, smooth; straight or even; direct; fit; level; pleasing, agreeable, right; make smooth, straight
Congratulate yourself on you own wisdom = חָכָם = ḥāḵām Blue Letter Bible wise, wise (man); skillful (in technical work); wise (in administration); shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle; learned, shrewd (class of men); prudent; wise (ethically and religiously); endued with the ability to judge; prudent toward rulers; blessing to others
fear Yahweh= יָרֵא = yārē' Blue Letter Bible to fear, revere, be afraid; to stand in awe of, be awed; reverence, honour, respect; tremble for joy
turn your back on = סוּר = sûr Blue Letter Bible turn aside, depart; avoid; be removed; depose; put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish; eschew; turn off; rebel; put away, withdraw; sour; turn aside to oneself; be without
evil = רַע = raʿ Blue Letter Bible bad, evil, disagreeable, malignant, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery, displeasing; sad, unhappy; hurtful; unkind, vicious in disposition, wicked (ethically)
honor = כָּבַד = kāḇaḏ Blue Letter Bible be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured; to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant; harden; to be great, plentiful, be great; vehement; increase with honors; render illustrious; show one to be great or glorious; multiply; promote; boast; glorify; make heavy with abundance; make honorable
goods = הוֹן = hôn Blue Letter Bible wealth, riches; high value; substance; lightness, easiness; ability to do anything
first = רֵאשִׁית = rē'šîṯ Blue Letter Bible first, beginning, best, chief; choicest; the first in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit); chief(-est); principal thing; first of its kind
correction = מוּסָר = muwcar Blue Letter Bible discipline, chastening, correction; reproof, warning or instruction; doctrine, instruction, rebuke; admonition; restraint
reproof = תּוֹכֵחָה = towkechah Blue Letter Bible rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement; argument, impeachment; refutation; chiding; arguing down, contradicting
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