PR-3:1  My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my

commandments:

PR-3:2  For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they

add to thee.

PR-3:3  Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about

thy neck; write

them upon the table of thine heart:

PR-3:4  So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the

sight of God

and man.

PR-3:5  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not

unto thine own

understanding.

PR-3:6  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy

paths.

PR-3:7  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart

from evil.

PR-3:8  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

PR-3:9  Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the

firstfruits of all

thine increase:

PR-3:10  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy

presses shall burst

out with new wine.

PR-3:11  My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither

be weary of

his correction:

PR-3:12  For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a

father the son [in

whom] he delighteth.

PR-3:13  Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man

[that] getteth

understanding.

PR-3:14  For the merchandise of it [is] better than the

merchandise of silver,

and the gain thereof than fine gold.

PR-3:15  She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things

thou canst

desire are not to be compared unto her.

PR-3:16  Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her

left hand riches

and honour.

PR-3:17  Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths

[are] peace.

PR-3:18  She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:

and happy [is

every one] that retaineth her.

PR-3:19  The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by

understanding hath he

established the heavens.

PR-3:20  By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the

clouds drop down

the dew.

PR-3:21  My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound

wisdom and

discretion:

PR-3:22  So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy

neck.

PR-3:23  Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot

shall not

stumble.

PR-3:24  When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea,

thou shalt lie

down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

PR-3:25  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation

of the

wicked, when it cometh.

PR-3:26  For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep

thy foot from

being taken.

PR-3:27  Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it

is in the

power of thine hand to do [it].

PR-3:28  Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to

morrow I will

give; when thou hast it by thee.

PR-3:29  Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he

dwelleth securely by

thee.

PR-3:30  Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done

thee no harm.

PR-3:31  Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his

ways.

PR-3:32  For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his

secret [is]

with the righteous.

PR-3:33  The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked:

but he

blesseth the habitation of the just.

PR-3:34  Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace

unto the lowly.

PR-3:35  The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the

promotion of

fools.

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