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