Proverbs 3
1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;
2 for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they add to thee.
3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee, —bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
4 Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
So find thou favour and good repute, in the eyes of God and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:
6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.
7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:
8 This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
Healing, shall it be to thy body, and refreshing, to thy bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.
11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
The, chastening of Yahweh, my son, do not reject, nor loathe his rebuke;
12 for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
For, whom Yahweh loveth, he correcteth, he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth.
13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
For better is her merchandise, than the merchandise of silver, yea, than gold, her increase;
15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her:
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour;
17 All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace;
18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, —and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.
19 The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
Yahweh, in wisdom, founded the earth, establishing the heavens with understanding;
20 By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
By his knowledge, the resounding deeps were burst open, and, the skies, drop down dew.
21 My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose:
22 They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;
23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
Then, shalt thou walk securely in thy way, and, thy foot, shall not stumble;
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep.
25 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, when it cometh.
26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
For, Yahweh, will be in all thy ways, and will keep thy foot from the snare.
27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it:
28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.
30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong.
31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;
32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
For, an abomination to Yahweh, is the tortuous man, but, with the upright, he is intimate.
33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth.
34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Though at scoffers he scoffeth, yet, to the humbled, he granteth favour.
35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
Honour, shall the wise inherit, —but, as for dullards, shame shall carry them away.
