Proverbs 3
1 My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:
My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you.
For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them on the table 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 So shall you find favor and good understanding 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 to 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 shall direct your paths.
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
8 It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to your bones.
So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the first fruits of all your increase:
Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
10 So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine.
So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.
12 For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as 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 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.
Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof 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: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her.
It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.
Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and happy is every one that retains her.
She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
19 The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he established the heavens.
The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
21 My son, let not them depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
22 So shall they be life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
23 Then shall you walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble.
Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.
24 When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.
If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes.
Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.
26 For the LORD shall be your confidence, and shall keep your foot from being taken.
For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.
28 Say not to your neighbor, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when you have it by you.
Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.
29 Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done you no harm.
Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.
31 Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
32 For the fraudulent is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just.
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
34 Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace to the lowly.
With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.
