Proverbs Chapter 3

{3:1} My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

{3:2} For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

{3:3} Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

{3:4} So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

{3:5} Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

{3:6} In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

{3:7} Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

{3:8} It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

{3:9} Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

{3:10} So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

{3:11} My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

{3:12} For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

{3:13} Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

{3:14} For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

{3:15} She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

{3:16} Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.

{3:17} Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

{3:18} She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.

{3:19} The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

{3:20} By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

{3:21} My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

{3:22} So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

{3:23} Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

{3:24} When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

{3:25} Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

{3:26} For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

{3:27} Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it. ]

{3:28} Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

{3:29} Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

{3:30} Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

{3:31} Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

{3:32} For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.

{3:33} The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

{3:34} Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

{3:35} The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.