chapter_Proverbs_3
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 &#8212; 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!
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