Proverbs 3:1-13

¹My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;

²for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.

³Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

⁴and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

⁵Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;

⁶in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.

⁷Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

⁸it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.

⁹Honour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;

¹⁰so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

¹¹My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement;

¹²for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

¹³Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.