Proverbs 3
1 MY son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee, —bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding 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 thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:
8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Healing, shall it be to thy body, and refreshing, to thy bones.
9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
The, chastening of Yahweh, my son, do not reject, nor loathe his rebuke;
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
For, whom Yahweh loveth, he correcteth, he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth.
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof 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: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her:
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour;
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace;
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
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 by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Yahweh, in wisdom, founded the earth, establishing the heavens with understanding;
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
By his knowledge, the resounding deeps were burst open, and, the skies, drop down dew.
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose:
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Then, shalt thou walk securely in thy way, and, thy foot, shall not stumble;
24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, when it cometh.
26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
For, Yahweh, will be in all thy ways, and will keep thy foot from the snare.
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it:
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong.
31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;
32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
For, an abomination to Yahweh, is the tortuous man, but, with the upright, he is intimate.
33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth.
34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Though at scoffers he scoffeth, yet, to the humbled, he granteth favour.
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Honour, shall the wise inherit, —but, as for dullards, shame shall carry them away.
