Proverbs 3:1-19

¹My son, forget not my law; But let thine heart keep my commandments:

²For length of days, and long life, And peace, shall they add to thee.

³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the table of thine heart:

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

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding.

⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.

⁷Be not wise in thine own eyes: Fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

⁸It shall be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

⁹Honour the Lord with thy substance, And with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

¹⁰So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; Neither be weary of his correction:

¹²For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

¹³Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

¹⁴For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold.

¹⁵She is more precious than rubies: And all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

¹⁶Length of days is in her right hand; And in her left hand riches and honour.

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

¹⁸She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

¹⁹The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; By understanding hath he established the heavens.