Proverbs 3:1
My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
Proverbs 3:2
For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
Proverbs 3:3
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
Proverbs 3:4
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
Proverbs 3:8
Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
Proverbs 3:9
Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
Proverbs 3:10
And filled are thy barns with plenty, And with new wine thy presses break forth.
Proverbs 3:11
Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
Proverbs 3:12
For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
Proverbs 3:13
O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.
Proverbs 3:14
For better is her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold--her increase.
Proverbs 3:15
Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
Proverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand, In her left are wealth and honour.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 3:18
A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.
Proverbs 3:19
Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
Proverbs 3:20
By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
Proverbs 3:21
My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
Proverbs 3:22
And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs 3:23
Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.
Proverbs 3:24
If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
Proverbs 3:25
Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
Proverbs 3:26
For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
Proverbs 3:27
Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it .
Proverbs 3:28
Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
Proverbs 3:29
Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
Proverbs 3:30
Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
Proverbs 3:31
Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
Proverbs 3:32
For an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel.
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
Proverbs 3:34
If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
Proverbs 3:35
Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!