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- 3:1
- My son, forget not my law; but let thine
heart keep my commandments:
- 3:2
- For length of days, and long life, and
peace, shall they add to thee.
- 3:3
- Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
- 3:4
- So shalt thou find favour and good
understanding in the sight of God and man.
- 3:5
- Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- 3:6
- In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he
shall direct thy paths.
- 3:7
- Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the
LORD, and depart from evil.
- 3:8
- It shall be health to thy navel, and
marrow to thy bones.
- 3:9
- Honour the LORD with thy substance, and
with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
- 3:10
- So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
- 3:11
- My son, despise not the chastening of the
LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
- 3:12
- For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth;
even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- 3:13
- Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and
the man that getteth understanding.
- 3:14
- For the merchandise of it is better than
the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
- 3:15
- She is more precious than rubies: and all
the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
- 3:16
- Length of days is in her right hand; and
in her left hand riches and honour.
- 3:17
- Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and
all her paths are peace.
- 3:18
- She is a tree of life to them that lay
hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
- 3:19
- The LORD by wisdom hath founded the
earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
- 3:20
- By his knowledge the depths are broken
up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
- 3:21
- My son, let not them depart from thine
eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
- 3:22
- So shall they be life unto thy soul, and
grace to thy neck.
- 3:23
- Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely,
and thy foot shall not stumble.
- 3:24
- When thou liest down, thou shalt not be
afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
- 3:25
- Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of
the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
- 3:26
- For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and
shall keep thy foot from being taken.
- 3:27
- Withhold not good from them to whom it is
due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
- 3:28
- Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come
again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
- 3:29
- Devise not evil against thy neighbour,
seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
- 3:30
- Strive not with a man without cause, if
he have done thee no harm.
- 3:31
- Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose
none of his ways.
- 3:32
- For the froward is abomination to the
LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
- 3:33
- The curse of the LORD is in the house of
the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
- 3:34
- Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he
giveth grace unto the lowly.
- 3:35
- The wise shall inherit glory: but shame
shall be the promotion of fools.
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