Proverbs 3
1 My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.
My son! Do not forget my law, And let your heart keep my commands,
2 For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.
For [the] length of [your] days and years, Life and peace they add to you.
3 Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:
Do not let kindness and truth forsake you, Bind them on your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,
4 And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men.
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
5 Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
Trust to YHWH with all your heart, And do not lean to your own understanding.
6 In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.
In all your ways know Him, And He makes your paths straight.
7 I Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:
Do not be wise in your own eyes, Fear YHWH, and turn aside from evil.
8 For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.
It is healing to your navel, And moistening to your bones.
9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits:
Honor YHWH from your substance, And from the beginning of all your increase;
10 And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.
And your barns are filled [with] plenty, And your presses break forth [with] new wine.
11 My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:
Discipline of YHWH, my son, do not despise, And do not be distressed with His reproof,
12 For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.
For whom YHWH loves He reproves, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
13 Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:
O the blessedness of a man [who] has found wisdom, And of a man [who] brings forth understanding.
14 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:
For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold—her increase.
15 She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
She [is] precious above rubies, And all your pleasures are not comparable to her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honor.
17 Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.
Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.
She [is] a tree of life to those laying hold on her, And whoever is retaining her [is] blessed.
19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.
YHWH founded the earth by wisdom, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
20 By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.
By His knowledge depths have been broken, And clouds drop dew.
21 My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:
My son! Do not let them turn from your eyes, Keep wisdom and thoughtfulness,
22 And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.
And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
23 Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:
Then you go your way confidently, And your foot does not stumble.
24 If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
If you lie down, you are not afraid, Indeed, you have lain down, And your sleep has been sweet.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.
Do not be afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it comes.
26 For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.
For YHWH is at your side, And He has kept your foot from capture.
27 Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.
Do not withhold good from its owners, When your hand [is] toward God to do [it].
28 Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and tomorrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.
Do not say to your friend, “Go, and return, and tomorrow I give,” When substance [is] with you.
29 Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, And he sitting confidently with you.
30 Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.
Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has not done you evil.
31 Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:
Do not be envious of a man of violence, Nor fix on any of his ways.
32 For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.
For the perverted [is] an abomination to YHWH, And His secret counsel [is] with the upright.
33 Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.
The curse of YHWH [is] in the house of the wicked. And He blesses the habitation of the righteous.
34 He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.
If He scorns the scorners, Yet He gives grace to the humble.
35 The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.
The wise inherit glory, And fools are bearing away shame!
