Proverbs 3

1My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.● 2For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace.● 3Let not mercy aud truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart.● 4And thou shalt find grace, and good understanding before God and men.● 5Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.● 6In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.● 7Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:● 8For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.● 9Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits;● 10And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.● 11My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:● 12For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.● 13Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence:● 14The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold:● 15She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her.● 16Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.● 17Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.● 18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.● 19The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.● 20By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.● 21My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:● 22And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.● 23Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:● 24If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.● 25Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.● 26For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.● 27Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.● 28Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.● 29Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.● 30Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.● 31Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways.● 32For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.● 33Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.● 34He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.● 35The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.●