1 My son, guard my words, And treasure up my commands with you.
2 Guard my commands and live, And my Torah as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding a close friend,
5 To guard you against the strange woman, Against the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice,