The Proverbs (WEB)

3:1 My son, don't forget my teaching;
      But let your heart keep my commandments:

 ^3:2For length of days, and years of life,
      And peace, will they add to you.

 ^3:3Don't let kindness and truth forsake you.
      Bind them around your neck.
      Write them on the tablet of your heart.

 ^3:4So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

 ^3:5Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
      And don't lean on your own understanding.

 ^3:6In all your ways acknowledge him,
      And he will direct your paths.

 ^3:7Don't be wise in your own eyes.
      Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

 ^3:8It will be health to your body,
      And nourishment to your bones.

 ^3:9Honor Yahweh with your substance,
      With the first fruits of all your increase:

 ^3:10So your barns will be filled with plenty,
      And your vats will overflow with new wine.

 ^3:11My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline,
      Neither be weary of his reproof:

 ^3:12For whom Yahweh loves, he reproves;
      Even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  ^3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
      The man who gets understanding.

 ^3:14For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,
      The profit of it better than fine gold.

 ^3:15She is more precious than rubies.
      None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

 ^3:16Length of days is in her right hand.
      In her left hand are riches and honor.

 ^3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness.
      All her paths are peace.

 ^3:18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her.
      Happy is everyone who retains her.

 ^3:19By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth.
      By understanding, he established the heavens.

 ^3:20By his knowledge, the depths were broken up,
      And the skies drop down the dew.

 ^3:21My son, let them not depart from your eyes.
      Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

 ^3:22So they will be life to your soul,
      And grace for your neck.

 ^3:23Then you shall walk in your way securely.
      Your foot won't stumble.

 ^3:24When you lie down, you will not be afraid.
      Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

 ^3:25Don't be afraid of sudden fear,
      Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

 ^3:26For Yahweh will be your confidence,
      And will keep your foot from being taken.

  ^3:27Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due,
      When it is in the power of your hand to do it.

 ^3:28Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again,
      Tomorrow I will give,"
      When you have it by you.

 ^3:29Don't devise evil against your neighbor,
      Seeing he dwells securely by you.

 ^3:30Don't strive with a man without cause,
      If he has done you no harm.

 ^3:31Don't envy the man of violence.
      Choose none of his ways.

 ^3:32For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh,
      But his friendship is with the upright.

 ^3:33The curse of Yahweh is in the house of the wicked,
      But he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

 ^3:34Surely he mocks the mockers,
      But he gives grace to the humble.

 ^3:35The wise will inherit glory,
      But shame will be the promotion of fools.

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