Proverbs 3
1 My son! Do not forget my law, And let your heart keep my commands,
My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
2 For [the] length of [your] days and years, Life and peace they add to you.
For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
3 Do not let kindness and truth forsake you, Bind them on your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
4 And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
5 Trust to YHWH with all your heart, And do not lean to your own understanding.
Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
6 In all your ways know Him, And He makes your paths straight.
In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes, Fear YHWH, and turn aside from evil.
Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
8 It is healing to your navel, And moistening to your bones.
Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
9 Honor YHWH from your substance, And from the beginning of all your increase;
Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
10 And your barns are filled [with] plenty, And your presses break forth [with] new wine.
And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth.
11 Discipline of YHWH, my son, do not despise, And do not be distressed with His reproof,
Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
12 For whom YHWH loves He reproves, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
13 O the blessedness of a man [who] has found wisdom, And of a man [who] brings forth understanding.
O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.
14 For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold—her increase.
For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold — her increase.
15 She [is] precious above rubies, And all your pleasures are not comparable to her.
Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
16 Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honor.
Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth 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 those laying hold on her, And whoever is retaining her [is] blessed.
A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
19 YHWH founded the earth by wisdom, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
20 By His knowledge depths have been broken, And clouds drop dew.
By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
21 My son! Do not let them turn from your eyes, Keep wisdom and thoughtfulness,
My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
22 And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
23 Then you go your way confidently, And your foot does not stumble.
Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.
24 If you lie down, you are not afraid, Indeed, you have lain down, And your sleep has been sweet.
If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
25 Do not be afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it comes.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
26 For YHWH is at your side, And He has kept your foot from capture.
For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
27 Do not withhold good from its owners, When your hand [is] toward God to do [it].
Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand [is] toward God to do [it].
28 Do not say to your friend, “Go, and return, and tomorrow I give,” When substance [is] with you.
Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, And he sitting confidently with you.
Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
30 Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has not done you evil.
Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
31 Do not be envious of a man of violence, Nor fix on any of his ways.
Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
32 For the perverted [is] an abomination to YHWH, And His secret counsel [is] with the upright.
For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.
33 The curse of YHWH [is] in the house of the wicked. And He blesses the habitation of the righteous.
The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
34 If He scorns the scorners, Yet He gives grace to the humble.
If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
35 The wise inherit glory, And fools are bearing away shame!
Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
