Proverbs 3

Proverbs 3:1  
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Proverbs 3:2  
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Proverbs 3:3  
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Proverbs 3:4  
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 3:5  
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:6  
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:7  
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 3:8  
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Proverbs 3:9  
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Proverbs 3:10  
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Proverbs 3:11  
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Proverbs 3:12  
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Proverbs 3:13  
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Proverbs 3:14  
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Proverbs 3:15  
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Proverbs 3:16  
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Proverbs 3:17  
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Proverbs 3:18  
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Proverbs 3:19  
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

Proverbs 3:20  
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

Proverbs 3:21  
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Proverbs 3:22  
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Proverbs 3:23  
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

Proverbs 3:24  
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Proverbs 3:25  
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Proverbs 3:26  
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Proverbs 3:27  
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Proverbs 3:28  
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

Proverbs 3:29  
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Proverbs 3:30  
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Proverbs 3:31  
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Proverbs 3:32  
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

Proverbs 3:33  
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Proverbs 3:34  
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

Proverbs 3:35  
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.


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