Proverbs 3
1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
2 For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.
3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
4 And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
6 In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
8 Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.
9 Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
10 And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth.
So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.
11 Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.
12 For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.
13 O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.
Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
14 For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold — her increase.
For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.
15 Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
16 Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour.
Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.
Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.
18 A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
19 Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
20 By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
21 My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
22 And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
23 Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.
Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.
24 If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.
26 For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.
27 Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand [is] toward God to do [it].
Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.
28 Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.
29 Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.
31 Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
32 For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.
For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
33 The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
34 If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
35 Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.
