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Proverbs 3

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¹My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: ²For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. ³Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: ⁴So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man. ⁵Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: ⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths. ⁷Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: ⁸It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones. ⁹Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase: ¹⁰So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine. ¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: ¹²For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. ¹³Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. ¹⁴For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold. ¹⁵She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. ¹⁶Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. ¹⁷Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. ¹⁸She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her. ¹⁹Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens. ²⁰By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. ²¹My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion: ²²So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck. ²³Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble. ²⁴When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. ²⁵Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh: ²⁶For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken. ²⁷Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. ²⁸Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee. ²⁹Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. ³⁰Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm. ³¹Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways. ³²For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright. ³³The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous. ³⁴Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly. ³⁵The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.