Proverbs [Sayings] 3:21-35

²¹My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

²²so they will be life to your soul, and chen ·grace· for your neck.

²³Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.

²⁴When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

²⁵Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

²⁶for Adonai will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

²⁷Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

²⁸Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

²⁹Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

³⁰Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

³¹Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

³²For the perverse is an abomination to Adonai , but his friendship is with the upright.

³³Adonai ’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the upright.

³⁴Surely he opposes the mockers, but he gives chen ·grace· to the humble.

³⁵The wise will inherit kavod ·weighty glory·, but shame will be the promotion of fools.