Proverbs 3
1 [My] son, forget not my laws; but let your heart keep my words:
My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
2 for length of existence, and years of 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; but bind them about your neck:
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 do you provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in God with all your heart; and be not exalted in your own wisdom.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
6 In all your ways acquaint yourself with her, that she may rightly direct your paths.
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
7 Be not wise in your own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
8 Then shall there be health to your body, and good keeping to your bones.
So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.
9 Honor the Lord with your just labors, and give him the first of your fruits of righteousness:
Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
10 that your storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that your presses may burst forth with 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; nor faint when you are rebuked of him:
My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.
12 for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.
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 has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
14 For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.
For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.
15 And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.
It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
16 For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory: out of her mouth proceeds righteousness, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue.
Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
17 Her ways are good ways, 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 all that lay hold upon her; and she is [a] secure [help] to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
19 God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.
The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
20 By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.
By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
21 [My] son, let [them] not pass from [you], but keep my counsel and understanding:
My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
22 that your soul may live, and that there may be grace round your neck; and it shall be health to your flesh, and safety to your bones:
So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
23 that you may go confidently in peace in all your ways, and that your foot may not stumble.
Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.
24 For if you rest, you shall be undismayed; and if you sleep, you shall slumber sweetly.
If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
25 And you shall not be afraid of alarm coming upon you, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.
26 For the Lord shall be over all your ways, and shall establish your foot that you be not moved.
For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.
27 Forbear not to do good to the poor, whenever your hand may have [power] to help [him].
Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.
28 Say not, Come back another time, to-morrow I will give; while you are able to do [him] good: for you know not what the next day will bring forth.
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 friend, living near you and trusting in you.
Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.
30 Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do you some harm.
Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.
31 Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do you covet their ways.
Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
32 For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous.
For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
33 The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
34 The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble.
With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
35 The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted [their own] dishonor.
The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.
