Proverbs 3
1 My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
My son, forget not my teaching; but let thy heart keep my commandments;
2 for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.
For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to thee.
3 Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thy heart;
4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
Trust in the LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.
7 Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the LORD, and depart from evil;
8 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
11 My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither spurn thou His correction;
12 for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
For whom the LORD loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.
14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. 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 who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast.
19 By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.
20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;
22 so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
23 Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.
Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thou shalt not dash thy foot.
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
25 Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;
Be not afraid of sudden terror, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;
26 for the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being caught.
27 Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
Withhold not good from him to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
Say not unto thy neighbour: 'Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give'; when thou hast it by thee.
29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30 Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
31 Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
32 For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD; but His counsel is with the upright.
33 The LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but 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 Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace.
35 The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
The wise shall inherit honour; but as for the fools, they carry away shame.
