Proverbs 3

¹My son, forget not my law;

But let thy heart keep my commandments:

²For length of days, and years of life,

And peace, will they add to thee.

³Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:

Bind them about thy neck;

Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

⁴So shalt thou find favor and good understanding

In the sight of God and man.

⁵Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,

And lean not upon thine own understanding:

⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him,

And he will direct thy paths.

⁷Be not wise in thine own eyes;

Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

⁸It will be health to thy navel,

And marrow to thy bones.

⁹Honor Jehovah with thy substance,

And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

¹⁰So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,

And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah;

Neither be weary of his reproof:

¹²For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth,

Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

¹³Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,

And the man that getteth understanding.

¹⁴For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,

And the profit thereof than fine gold.

¹⁵She is more precious than rubies:

And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

¹⁶Length of days is in her right hand;

In her left hand are riches and honor.

¹⁷Her ways are ways of pleasantness,

And all her paths are peace.

¹⁸She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:

And happy is every one that retaineth her.

¹⁹Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth;

By understanding he established the heavens.

²⁰By his knowledge the depths were broken up,

And the skies drop down the dew.

²¹My son, let them not depart from thine eyes;

Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

²²So shall they be life unto thy soul,

And grace to thy neck.

²³Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely,

And thy foot shall not stumble.

²⁴When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

²⁵Be not afraid of sudden fear,

Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:

²⁶For Jehovah will be thy confidence,

And will keep thy foot from being taken.

²⁷Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,

When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

²⁸Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again,

And to-morrow I will give;

When thou hast it by thee.

²⁹Devise not evil against thy neighbor,

Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

³⁰Strive not with a man without cause,

If he have done thee no harm.

³¹Envy thou not the man of violence,

And choose none of his ways.

³²For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah;

But his friendship is with the upright.

³³The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked;

But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

³⁴Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers;

But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

³⁵The wise shall inherit glory;

But shame shall be the promotion of fools.