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Proverbs 3:1-20

1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,

2 For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.

3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

6 In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.

8 Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.

8 This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.

9 Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;

10 And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth.

10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.

11 Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

11 My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,

12 For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

13 O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.

13 Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,

14 For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.

14 for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.

15 Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.

16 Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour.

16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.

17 Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.

18 A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.

18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.

19 Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

19 By wisdom the LORD laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;

20 By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.

20 by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.

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