1 And now, my children, I command you: Fear the Lord your God with all your heart, and walk in simplicity according to all His law. 2 And you also, teach your children letters, so that they may have understanding all their lives, reading continually the law of God.⁠a 3 For everyone who knows the law of the Lord will be honored,⁠b and will not be a stranger wherever he goes. 4 Yes, he will gain many friends—more even than his parents—and many will desire to serve him and to hear the law from his mouth. 5 Therefore, my children, do righteousness upon the earth, so that you may have it as a treasure in heaven.⁠c 6 And sow good things in your souls, so that you may find them in your life. 7 But if you sow evil things, you will reap every trouble and affliction. 8 Acquire wisdom in the fear of God with diligence; for though there be captivity, and cities and lands are destroyed, and gold and silver and every possession perish, nothing can take away the wisdom of the wise, except the blindness of ungodliness and the callousness that comes from sin. 9 For if one keeps oneself from these evils, then even among his enemies wisdom will be his glory, and in a foreign land it will be his homeland, and in the midst of foes it will prove a friend. 10 Whoever teaches noble things and does them will be enthroned with kings, as Joseph my brother was.