Proverbs 3:3-13

³Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴So you will find favour, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

⁵Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

⁶In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

⁷Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

⁸It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

⁹Honour the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;

¹⁰so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

¹¹My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;

¹²for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

¹³Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.