Proverbs 3
- My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.
- For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.
- Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:
- And thou shalt find grace and good understanding before God and men.
- Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
- In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.
- Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:
- For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.
- Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits:
- And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.
- My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:
- For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.
- Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:
- The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:
- She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
- Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
- Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.
- She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.
- The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.
- By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.
- My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:
- And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.
- Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:
- If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
- Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.
- For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.
- Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.
- Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.
- Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.
- Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.
- Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:
- For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.
- Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.
- He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.
- The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.