Proverbs 3:1-35

¹My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

²For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.

³Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.

⁴So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.

⁶In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.

⁷Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.

⁸So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.

⁹Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.

¹⁰So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.

¹¹My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

¹²For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

¹³Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

¹⁴For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.

¹⁵It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

¹⁶Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

¹⁷Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.

¹⁸She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.

¹⁹The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.

²⁰By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.

²¹My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

²²So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.

²³Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.

²⁴If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.

²⁵Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.

²⁶For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.

²⁷Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.

²⁸Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.

²⁹Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.

³⁰Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.

³¹Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.

³²For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

³³The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

³⁴With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.

³⁵The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.