Proverbs 3
1 O son my instruction my may not you forget and commandments my let it keep heart your.
My son! Do not forget my law, And let your heart keep my commands,
2 For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
For [the] length of [your] days and years, Life and peace they add to you.
3 Loyalty and faithfulness may not they leave you bind them on necks your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
Do not let kindness and truth forsake you, Bind them on your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,
4 And find favor and insight good in [the] eyes of God and humankind.
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
5 Trust to Yahweh with all heart your and to own understanding your may not you depend.
Trust to YHWH with all your heart, And do not lean to your own understanding.
6 In all ways your acknowledge him and he he will make straight paths your.
In all your ways know Him, And He makes your paths straight.
7 May not you be wise in own eyes your fear Yahweh and turn aside from evil.
Do not be wise in your own eyes, Fear YHWH, and turn aside from evil.
8 Healing may it be to navel your and refreshment to bones your.
It is healing to your navel, And moistening to your bones.
9 Honor Yahweh from wealth your and from [the] first of all produce your.
Honor YHWH from your substance, And from the beginning of all your increase;
10 So they may be filled storehouses your plenty and new wine wine vats your they will burst open.
And your barns are filled [with] plenty, And your presses break forth [with] new wine.
11 [the] discipline of Yahweh O son my may not you reject and may not you loath rebuke his.
Discipline of YHWH, my son, do not despise, And do not be distressed with His reproof,
12 For [the one] whom he loves Yahweh he reproves and like a father a son [whom] he is pleased with.
For whom YHWH loves He reproves, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
13 How blessed! [is] a person [who] he finds wisdom and a person [who] he obtains understanding.
O the blessedness of a man [who] has found wisdom, And of a man [who] brings forth understanding.
14 For [is] good profit her more than [the] profit of silver and more than gold gain her.
For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold—her increase.
15 [is] precious She (more than jewels *Q(k)*) and all pleasures your not they compare with her.
She [is] precious above rubies, And all your pleasures are not comparable to her.
16 Length of days [is] in right [hand] her [are] in left [hand] her wealth and honor.
Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honor.
17 Ways her [are] ways of kindness and all pathways her [are] well-being.
Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.
18 [is] a tree of Life she to [those who] take hold on her and [those who] hold fast to her [are] called blessed.
She [is] a tree of life to those laying hold on her, And whoever is retaining her [is] blessed.
19 Yahweh by wisdom he founded [the] earth he established [the] heavens by understanding.
YHWH founded the earth by wisdom, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
20 By knowledge his [the] depths they were split open and clouds they dripped dew.
By His knowledge depths have been broken, And clouds drop dew.
21 O son my may not they depart from eyes your keep sound wisdom and discretion.
My son! Do not let them turn from your eyes, Keep wisdom and thoughtfulness,
22 So they may be life for self your and grace for neck your.
And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
23 Then you will walk to security way your and foot your not it will strike.
Then you go your way confidently, And your foot does not stumble.
24 If you will lie down not you will fear and you will lie down and it will be pleasing sleep your.
If you lie down, you are not afraid, Indeed, you have lain down, And your sleep has been sweet.
25 May not you be afraid from terror suddenly and from [the] devastation of wicked [people] that it will come.
Do not be afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it comes.
26 For Yahweh he will be confidence your and he will keep foot your from capture.
For YHWH is at your side, And He has kept your foot from capture.
27 May not you withhold good from owners its when belongs to [the] power of (hand your *Q(K)*) to do [it].
Do not withhold good from its owners, When your hand [is] toward God to do [it].
28 May not you say (to neighbor your *Q(K)*) go and come back and tomorrow I will give [it] and there is with you.
Do not say to your friend, “Go, and return, and tomorrow I give,” When substance [is] with you.
29 May not you devise on neighbor your harm and he [is] dwelling to security with you.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, And he sitting confidently with you.
30 May not (you contend *Q(k)*) with anyone without cause if not he has dealt out to you evil.
Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has not done you evil.
31 May not you be jealous of a person of violence and may not you choose all ways his.
Do not be envious of a man of violence, Nor fix on any of his ways.
32 For [is] [the] abomination of Yahweh a crooked [person] and [is] with upright [people] intimacy his.
For the perverted [is] an abomination to YHWH, And His secret counsel [is] with the upright.
33 [the] curse of Yahweh [is] on [the] house of [the] wicked and [the] habitation of righteous [people] he blesses.
The curse of YHWH [is] in the house of the wicked. And He blesses the habitation of the righteous.
34 Though mockers he he mocks (and to humble [people] *Q(K)*) he gives favor.
If He scorns the scorners, Yet He gives grace to the humble.
35 Honor wise [people] they will inherit and fools [is] lifting up shame.
The wise inherit glory, And fools are bearing away shame!
