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⁵Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. ⁶In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.

⁷For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.

³Cry out to me and I will heed you. And I will announce to you great things, things that are certain, though you do not know them.

¹⁷For Scripture says to the Pharaoh: “I have raised you up for this purpose, so that I may reveal my power by you, and so that my name may be announced to all the earth.”

¹My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart guard my precepts. ²For they shall set before you length of days, and years of life, and peace. ³Let not mercy and truth abandon you: encircle them around your throat, and inscribe them on the tablets of your heart. ⁴And so shall you discover grace and good discipline, in the sight of God and men. ⁵Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. ⁶In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.

²⁵And so I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, as to what you will eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? ²⁶Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are? ²⁷And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature? ²⁸And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave. ²⁹But I say to you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like one of these. ³⁰So if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will he care for you, O little in faith?

¹⁰According to the grace of God, which has been given to me, I have laid the foundation like a wise architect. But another builds upon it. So then, let each one be careful how he builds upon it. ¹¹For no one is able to lay any other foundation, in place of that which has been laid, which is Christ Jesus. ¹²But if anyone builds upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble, ¹³each one’s work shall be made manifest. For the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it will be revealed by fire. And this fire will test each one’s work, as to what kind it is. ¹⁴If anyone’s work, which he has built upon it, remains, then he will receive a reward. ¹⁵If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer its loss, but he himself will still be saved, but only as through fire.

¹⁷Render to no one harm for harm. Provide good things, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of all men. ¹⁸If it is possible, in so far as you are able, be at peace with all men. ¹⁹Do not defend yourselves, dearest ones. Instead, step aside from wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is mine. I shall give retribution, says the Lord.” ²⁰So if an enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in doing so, you will heap burning coals upon his head. ²¹Do not allow evil to prevail, instead prevail over evil by means of goodness.

⁹Honor the Lord with your substance, and give to him from the first of all your fruits, ¹⁰and then your storehouses will be filled with abundance, and your presses shall overflow with wine.

³Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.

¹My son, if you would accept my words, and conceal my commandments within you, ²so that your ears may listen to wisdom, then bend your heart in order to know prudence. ³For if you would call upon wisdom and bend your heart to prudence, ⁴if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure, ⁵then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and you will discover the knowledge of God. ⁶For the Lord bestows wisdom, and out of his mouth, prudence and knowledge.

¹⁰Fear the Lord, all you his saints. For there is no destitution for those who fear him. ¹¹The rich have been needy and hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good thing.

²May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation. May the name of the God of Jacob protect you. ³May he send you help from the sanctuary and watch over you from Zion. ⁴May he be mindful of all your sacrifices, and may your burnt-offerings be fat. ⁵May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels. ⁶We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God, we will be magnified. ⁷May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ. He will hear him from his holy heaven. The salvation of his right hand is in his power.