Proverbs 3
1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
2 for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.
3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
4 Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
8 This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.
11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.
12 for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.
13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
14 for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.
15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
17 All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.
18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
19 The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
20 By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
21 My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
22 They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
25 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.
26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.
27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.
28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.
30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.
31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.
