Proverbs 3:8-19

⁸Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.

⁹Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness:

¹⁰that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine.

¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

¹²for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.

¹³Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.

¹⁴For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.

¹⁵And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.

¹⁶For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory:

^16aout of her mouth proceeds righteousness, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue.

¹⁷Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful.

¹⁸She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.

¹⁹God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.