Proverbs 3 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ My son, forget not my law;\par\tab But let thy heart keep my commandments:

² For length of days, and years of life,\par\tab And peace, will they add to thee.

³ Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:\par\tab Bind them about thy neck;\par\tab Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

⁴ So shalt thou find favor and good understanding\par\tab In the sight of God and man.

⁵ Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,\par\tab And lean not upon thine own understanding:

⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him,\par\tab And he will direct thy paths.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own eyes;\par\tab Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

⁸ It will be health to thy navel,\par\tab And marrow to thy bones.

⁹ Honor Jehovah with thy substance,\par\tab And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

¹⁰ So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,\par\tab And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah;\par\tab Neither be weary of his reproof:

¹² For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth;\par\tab Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.\par

¹³ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,\par\tab And the man that getteth understanding.

¹⁴ For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,\par\tab And the profit thereof than fine gold.

¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies:\par\tab And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand;\par\tab In her left hand are riches and honor.

¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness,\par\tab And all her paths are peace.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:\par\tab And happy is every one that retaineth her.

¹⁹ Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth;\par\tab By understanding he established the heavens.

²⁰ By his knowledge the depths were broken up,\par\tab And the skies drop down the dew.

²¹ My son, let them not depart from thine eyes;\par\tab Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

²² So shall they be life unto thy soul,\par\tab And grace to thy neck.

²³ Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely,\par\tab And thy foot shall not stumble.

²⁴ When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:\par\tab Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

²⁵ Be not afraid of sudden fear,\par\tab Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:

²⁶ For Jehovah will be thy confidence,\par\tab And will keep thy foot from being taken.\par

²⁷ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,\par\tab When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

²⁸ Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again,\par\tab And to-morrow I will give;\par\tab When thou hast it by thee.

²⁹ Devise not evil against thy neighbor,\par\tab Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

³⁰ Strive not with a man without cause,\par\tab If he have done thee no harm.

³¹ Envy thou not the man of violence,\par\tab And choose none of his ways.

³² For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah;\par\tab But his friendship is with the upright.

³³ The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked;\par\tab But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

³⁴ Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers;\par\tab But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory;\par\tab But shame shall be the promotion of fools.\par