Proverbs 3
1 My son! Do not forget my law, And let your heart keep my commands,
My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
2 For [the] length of [your] days and years, Life and peace they add to you.
For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.
3 Do not let kindness and truth forsake you, Bind them on your neck, Write them on the tablet 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 And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust to YHWH with all your heart, And do not lean to your own understanding.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
6 In all your ways know Him, And He makes your paths straight.
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes, Fear YHWH, and turn aside from evil.
Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
8 It is healing to your navel, And moistening to your bones.
So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.
9 Honor YHWH from your substance, And from the beginning of all your increase;
Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
10 And your barns are filled [with] plenty, And your presses break forth [with] new wine.
So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.
11 Discipline of YHWH, my son, do not despise, And do not be distressed with His reproof,
My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.
12 For whom YHWH loves He reproves, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.
13 O the blessedness of a man [who] has found wisdom, And of a man [who] brings forth understanding.
Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
14 For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold—her increase.
For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.
15 She [is] precious above rubies, And all your pleasures are not comparable 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, In her left [are] wealth 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 those laying hold on her, And whoever is retaining her [is] blessed.
She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
19 YHWH founded the earth by wisdom, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
20 By His knowledge depths have been broken, And clouds drop dew.
By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
21 My son! Do not let them turn from your eyes, Keep wisdom and thoughtfulness,
My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
22 And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
23 Then you go your way confidently, And your foot does not stumble.
Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.
24 If you lie down, you are not afraid, Indeed, you have lain down, And your sleep has been sweet.
If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
25 Do not be afraid of sudden fear, And 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 YHWH is at your side, And He has kept your foot from capture.
For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.
27 Do not withhold good from its owners, When your hand [is] toward God to do [it].
Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.
28 Do not say to your friend, “Go, and return, and tomorrow I give,” When substance [is] with you.
Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, And he sitting confidently with you.
Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.
30 Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has not done you evil.
Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.
31 Do not be envious of a man of violence, Nor fix on any of his ways.
Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
32 For the perverted [is] an abomination to YHWH, And His secret counsel [is] with the upright.
For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
33 The curse of YHWH [is] in the house of the wicked. And He blesses the habitation of the righteous.
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
34 If He scorns the scorners, Yet He gives grace to the humble.
With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
35 The wise inherit glory, And fools are bearing away shame!
The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.
