Proverbs 3:20-35

²⁰By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.

²¹My son, let them not pass from thee, but keep my counsel and understanding:

²²that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck;

^22aand it shall be health to thy flesh, and safety to thy bones:

²³that thou mayest go confidently in peace in all thy ways, and that thy foot may not stumble.

²⁴For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.

²⁵And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.

²⁶For the Lord shall be over all thy ways, and shall establish thy foot that thou be not moved.

²⁷Forbear not to do good to the poor, whensoever thy hand may have power to help him.

²⁸Say not, Come back another time, to-morrow I will give; while thou art able to do him good: for thou knowest not what the next day will bring forth.

²⁹Devise not evil against thy friend, living near thee and trusting in thee.

³⁰Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do thee some harm.

³¹Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways.

³²For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous.

³³The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.

³⁴The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble.

³⁵The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted their own dishonour.