Proverbs 3

1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:● 2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. {long...: Heb. years of life}● 3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:● 4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. {good...: or, good success}● 5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.● 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.● 7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.● 8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. {health: Heb. medicine} {marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening}● 9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:● 10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.● 11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:● 12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son {in whom} he delighteth.● 13Happy {is} the man {that} findeth wisdom, and the man {that} getteth understanding. {that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}● 14For the merchandise of it {is} better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.● 15She {is} more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.● 16Length of days {is} in her right hand; {and} in her left hand riches and honour.● 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.● 19The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. {established: or, prepared}● 20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.● 21My son, let not them 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 safely, 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 the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.● 27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do {it}. {them...: Heb. the owners thereof}● 28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.● 29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. {Devise...: or, Practise no evil}● 30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.● 31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. {the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence}● 32For the froward {is} abomination to the LORD: but his secret {is} with the righteous.● 33The curse of the LORD {is} in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.● 34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.● 35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. {shall be...: Heb. exalteth the fools}●