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Proverbs 3

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

3 Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

5 Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

7 Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

8 This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

9 Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

10 So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.

11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

15 She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.

16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

19 The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

20 By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.

21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

22 So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

23 Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

24 When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.

25 Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

26 For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.

27 Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

28 Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

29 Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

30 Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

31 Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

32 For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

34 He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

35 The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB

1 Beni (my son), forget not my torah; but let thine lev keep my mitzvot;

2 For orekh yamim (length of days), and shnot chayyim, and shalom, shall they add to thee.

3 Let not chesed and emes forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev;

4 So shalt thou find chen and seichel tov in the eyes of Elohim and adam.

5 Trust in Hashem with all thine lev, and lean not unto thine own binah (understanding).

6 In all thy drakhim acknowledge Him, and He shall make yosher thy orkhot (paths).

7 Be not chacham in thine own eyes; fear Hashem, and depart from rah.

8 It shall be rife’ut (health) to thy navel, and marrow to thy atzmot.

9 Honor Hashem with thy substance, and with the reshit (firstfruit) of all thine increase;

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall burst out with tirosh.

11 Beni (my son), despise not the musar Hashem; neither be weary of His tokhakhah (reproof);

12 For whom Hashem loveth, He correcteth; even as an av the ben in whom he delighteth.

13 Ashrei (happy) is the man that findeth chochmah, and the man that getteth tevunah (understanding).

14 For the gain of it is better than the gain of kesef, and the increase thereof than fine gold.

15 She is more precious than peninim (pearls); and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

16 Orekh yamim is in her right hand; and in her left hand osher and kavod.

17 Her drakhim are drakhim of pleasantness, and all her netivot (trodden paths) are shalom.

18 She is an Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life) to them that lay hold upon her; and me’usher (blessed) is every one that holdeth her fast.

19 Hashem by chochmah hath founded Eretz (Earth); by tevunah (understanding) hath He established Shomayim.

20 By His da’as (knowledge) the tehomot (oceanic depths) were divided, and the clouds drop down the tal (dew).

21 Beni (my son), let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound judgment and mezimah (discretion);

22 So shall they be chayyim unto thy nefesh, and chen to thy neck.

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy derech safely, and thy regel shall not stumble.

24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; when thou liest down, thy sheynah (sleep) shall be sweet.

25 Be not afraid of sudden pachad (terror), neither of the desolation of the resha’im (wicked ones), when it cometh.

26 For Hashem shall be thy confidence, and shall be shomer over thy regel from the snare.

27 Withhold not tov from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine yad to do it.

28 Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and makhar (tomorrow) I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

29 Devise not ra’ah against thy re’a, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

30 Strive not with adam without cause, if he have done thee no ra’ah.

31 Envy thou not the ish chamas, and choose none of his drakhim.

32 For the perverse person is to’avat (detestable) to Hashem; but His sod (secret, intimate counsel) is with the yesharim (upright ones).

33 The curse of Hashem is in the bais of the rasha; but He puts a bracha on the dwelling of the tzaddikim.

34 Surely He scorneth the scorners; but He giveth chen (grace, favor) unto the anayim (lowly, humble ones).

35 The chachamim shall inherit kavod, but shame shall be the promotion of kesilim (fools).