God founded the earth with wisdom, but prepared the heavens with understanding. In the feeling of Him, the abyss opened up, and the clouds shed dew. Son, do not fail, keep my advice and thought: may your soul live, and may grace be on your neck: (there will be healing by your flesh, and healing by your bones). May you walk in peace in all your ways, and your foot will not stumble. If you sit down, you will be fearless; if you sleep, you will sleep sweetly. And do not be afraid of the fear that is found, lower than the aspirations of the wicked. For the Lord will be in all your ways, and will strengthen your foot so that it does not slip. Do not refuse to do good to those in need, when Your hand is ready to help. Don’t say: when I go away, I will return, and in the morning I will give you the power to do good: do not worry about what the coming day will give birth to. Do not weave evil against your friend, who is a stranger and trusts in you. Do not be hostile to a person, lest he do anything evil to you. Do not earn the reproach of evil men, nor be jealous of their ways.
For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord, and does not associate with the righteous. The oath of the Lord is in the houses of the wicked: but the courts of the righteous are blessed. The Lord opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Reading the book of Proverbs [3:19–34]
God founded the earth with Wisdom, and formed the heavens with reason. By His will, the abysses opened up and the clouds poured out water. My son! Do not neglect, but keep my advice and common sense, so that your soul may live and grace adorn your neck. And there will be healing for your body and healing for your bones. So that you may walk safely and peacefully along all your paths, and your foot may not stumble. For if you sit down, then without fear, and if you fall asleep, you will sleep serenely, and sudden fear will not seize you, and unexpected attacks of the wicked will not frighten you; For the Lord will be in all your ways and will strengthen your foot, so that you will not be shaken. Do not refuse a benefit to someone in need when your hand is in the power to help. Do not say: “Go and come again, tomorrow I will give,” when you can now do good, for you do not know what the coming day will bring about. Do not plot against your friend who lives near you and trusts you. Do not be at enmity with a person without a reason, so that he does not bring you any harm.
Do not gain the shameful glory of evil people and do not envy their ways, for every lawbreaker is unclean before the Lord, and there is no place for him among the righteous. The curse of the Lord is on the houses of the wicked, but the houses of the righteous are blessed. The Lord resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.