Proverbs 3
1 O son my instruction my may not you forget and commandments my let it keep heart your.
My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.
3 Loyalty and faithfulness may not they leave you bind them on necks your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 And find favor and insight good in [the] eyes of God and humankind.
So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust to Yahweh with all heart your and to own understanding your may not you depend.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6 In all ways your acknowledge him and he he will make straight paths your.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
7 May not you be wise in own eyes your fear Yahweh and turn aside from evil.
Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8 Healing may it be to navel your and refreshment to bones your.
It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor Yahweh from wealth your and from [the] first of all produce your.
Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
10 So they may be filled storehouses your plenty and new wine wine vats your they will burst open.
so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
11 [the] discipline of Yahweh O son my may not you reject and may not you loath rebuke his.
My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;
12 For [the one] whom he loves Yahweh he reproves and like a father a son [whom] he is pleased with.
for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
13 How blessed! [is] a person [who] he finds wisdom and a person [who] he obtains understanding.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
14 For [is] good profit her more than [the] profit of silver and more than gold gain her.
For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
15 [is] precious She (more than jewels *Q(k)*) and all pleasures your not they compare with her.
She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared 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 hand are riches and honor.
17 Ways her [are] ways of kindness and all pathways her [are] well-being.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness. 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 who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
19 Yahweh by wisdom he founded [the] earth he established [the] heavens by understanding.
By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
20 By knowledge his [the] depths they were split open and clouds they dripped dew.
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
21 O son my may not they depart from eyes your keep sound wisdom and discretion.
My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
22 So they may be life for self your and grace for neck your.
so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
23 Then you will walk to security way your and foot your not it will strike.
Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.
24 If you will lie down not you will fear and you will lie down and it will be pleasing sleep your.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
25 May not you be afraid from terror suddenly and from [the] devastation of wicked [people] that it will come.
Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither 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 the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
27 May not you withhold good from owners its when belongs to [the] power of (hand your *Q(K)*) to do [it].
Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand 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.
Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
29 May not you devise on neighbor your harm and he [is] dwelling to security with you.
Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
30 May not (you contend *Q(k)*) with anyone without cause if not he has dealt out to you evil.
Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
31 May not you be jealous of a person of violence and may not you choose all ways his.
Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
32 For [is] [the] abomination of Yahweh a crooked [person] and [is] with upright [people] intimacy his.
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship 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 LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
34 Though mockers he he mocks (and to humble [people] *Q(K)*) he gives favor.
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
35 Honor wise [people] they will inherit and fools [is] lifting up shame.
The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
