Proverbs 3:1-12

¹My son, forget not my laws; but let your heart keep my words:

²for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to you.

³Let not mercy and truth forsake you; but bind them about your neck:

⁴so shall you find favor: and do you provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.

⁵Trust in God with all your heart; and be not exalted in your own wisdom.

⁶In all your ways acquaint yourself with her, that she may rightly direct your paths.

⁷Be not wise in your own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.

⁸Then shall there be health to your body, and good keeping to your bones.

⁹Honor the Lord with your just labors, and give him the first of your fruits of righteousness:

¹⁰that your storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that your presses may burst forth with wine.

¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when you are rebuked of him:

¹²for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.