Proverbs 3

1 My son, do not forget what I have taught you. Keep my commands in your inner being,

son: child my instruction my not to forget and commandment my to watch heart your

2 because [if you obey them] you will live a long time and things will go well for you

for length day and year life and peace to add to/for you

3 Always faithfully love others and (be faithful/do what you say that you will do); doing those things [will cause others to be pleased with you]; it will be as though you are wearing a beautiful necklace. Keep those things in your mind/inner being.

kindness and truth: faithful not to leave: forsake you to conspire them upon neck your to write them upon tablet heart your

4 If you do, God and people will approve of you and think highly of you [MTY].

and to find favor and understanding pleasant in/on/with eye: seeing God and man

5 Trust in Yahweh completely, and do not rely on what you yourself understand.

to trust to(wards) LORD in/on/with all heart your and to(wards) understanding your not to lean

6 Always allow him to lead you. If you do that, he will (show you the right path/direct your life).

in/on/with all way: conduct your to know him and he/she/it to smooth way your

7 Do not be proud of being wise. [Instead], revere Yahweh and turn away from doing evil.

not to be wise in/on/with eye your to fear: revere [obj] LORD and to turn aside: depart from bad: evil

8 If you do that, your body will be healthy/strong; it will be [like] medicine for you.

healing to be to/for umbilical cord your and drink to/for bone your

9 Honor Yahweh by [what you do with] your money; and [by giving him] the first part of your harvest.

to honor: honour [obj] LORD from substance your and from first: beginning all produce your

10 If you do that, [you will have a good harvest]. Yahweh will fill your barns [with grain], and your vats/containers will be overflowing with [grape juice for making] wine.

and to fill storehouse your abundance and new wine wine your to break through

11 My son, when Yahweh disciplines/corrects you, do not despise it, and if he rebukes you, do not resent it.

discipline LORD son: child my not to reject and not to loathe in/on/with argument his

12 [I say that] because it is the people whom Yahweh loves that he corrects/reproves, [just] like parents correct/reprove their sons whom they love.

for [obj] which to love: lover LORD to rebuke and like/as father [obj] son: child to accept

13 [Yahweh] is pleased with those who become wise and have good understanding.

blessed man to find wisdom and man to promote understanding

14 Being wise and having good understanding is worth more than silver, better than gold.

for pleasant profit her from profit silver: money and from gold produce her

15 Being wise is more precious than (jewels/precious stones); there is nothing that you could desire [that would be as valuable] as wisdom.

precious he/she/it (from jewel *Q(k)*) and all pleasure your not be like in/on/with her

16 On the one hand, wisdom [PRS] enables [you] to live a long life, and on the other hand, wisdom enables [you] to become rich and to be honored.

length day in/on/with right her in/on/with left her riches and glory

17 If [you] are wise, [your] life will be pleasant, and things will go well [for you].

way: conduct her way: conduct pleasantness and all path her peace

18 Wisdom is [like] a tree that gives long life to those who [eagerly] take hold of it, and [Yahweh] is pleased with those who hold onto it tightly.

tree life he/she/it to/for to strengthen: hold in/on/with her and to grasp her to bless

19 By his wisdom Yahweh created the earth, and by his understanding he put everything in the skies.

LORD in/on/with wisdom to found land: country/planet to establish: establish heaven in/on/with understanding

20 By his knowledge [he caused] the water that was beneath the earth to burst forth, and he caused rain to fall from the clouds.

in/on/with knowledge his abyss to break up/open and cloud to drip dew

21 My son, [always] keep doing things that are right and things that are smart. If you do that,

son: child my not be devious from eye: seeing your to watch wisdom and plot

22 you will live [many years] and be honored and respected {people will honor and respect you}.

and to be life to/for soul your and favor to/for neck your

23 If you do what is right and wise, you will [be able to] walk safely, and you will not (stumble/do things that are wrong) [MET].

then to go: walk to/for security way: conduct your and foot your not to strike

24 You will [be able to] lie down [at night] and not be afraid [of anything], and you will sleep peacefully.

if to lie down: lay down not to dread and to lie down: lay down and to please sleep your

25 You will not be afraid that something disastrous will happen to you or that storms that strike the wicked will strike you,

not to fear from dread suddenly and from devastation wicked for to come (in): come

26 because you will be confident that Yahweh [will take care of you]. He will not let your foot be caught in a trap/snare.

for LORD to be in/on/with loin your and to keep: guard foot your from capture

27 If you are able to help people who deserve it, do not refuse to help them.

not to withhold good from master: men his in/on/with to be to/for god: power (hand: power your *Q(K)*) to/for to make: do

28 If you are able to help someone you interact with, do not say, “Come back later; [perhaps] I can help you tomorrow.”

not to say (to/for neighbor your *Q(K)*) to go: went and to return: again and tomorrow to give: give and there with you

29 Do not make plans to harm those you interact with regularly, [because] they live near you, and they trust you.

not to plow/plot upon neighbor your distress: evil and he/she/it to dwell to/for security with you

30 If someone has not harmed you, do not accuse him [by saying that he has harmed you].

not (to contend *Q(k)*) with man for nothing if not to wean you distress: harm

31 Do not envy people who [obtain things by] violent actions, and do not imitate/do what they do.

not be jealous in/on/with man violence and not to choose in/on/with all way: conduct his

32 [I say that] because Yahweh considers such people to be abominable/detestable; but he is a friend to [all] those who do what is right.

for abomination LORD be devious and with upright counsel his

33 Yahweh curses the families [MTY] of those who are wicked, but he blesses the families of those who are good/righteous.

curse LORD in/on/with house: home wicked and pasture righteous to bless

34 Yahweh makes fun of those who make fun [of others], but he kindly helps those who are humble.

if: surely yes to/for to mock he/she/it to mock (and to/for poor *Q(K)*) to give: give favor

35 Wise [people] will be honored {people will honor wise people}, but foolish people will be dishonored/disgraced.

glory wise to inherit and fool to exalt dishonor