| Prov. 3:1 |
My son, do not forget my instruction, / But let your heart keep my commandments; |
| Prov. 3:2 |
For length of days and years of life / And peace will they add to you. |
| Prov. 3:3 |
Do not let lovingkindness and truth forsake you: / Bind them around your neck; / Write them upon the tablet of your heart. |
| Prov. 3:4 |
Thus you will find favor and [a reputation for] fine understanding / In the sight of God and man. |
| Prov. 3:5 |
Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, / And do not rely on your own understanding; |
| Prov. 3:6 |
In all your ways acknowledge Him, / And He will make your paths straight. |
| Prov. 3:7 |
Do not be wise in your own eyes; / Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil. |
| Prov. 3:8 |
It will be healing to your body / And refreshment to your bones. |
| Prov. 3:9 |
Honor Jehovah with your substance / And with the firstfruits of all your produce; |
| Prov. 3:10 |
Then your barns will be filled with plenty, / And your vats will burst open with new wine. |
| Prov. 3:11 |
My son, do not despise the chastening of Jehovah, / Nor be weary of His discipline; |
| Prov. 3:12 |
For whom Jehovah loves He disciplines, / Even as a father, the son in whom he delights. |
| Prov. 3:13 |
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, / And the man who gains understanding. |
| Prov. 3:14 |
For her profit is better than the profit of silver, / And her income is better than gold. |
| Prov. 3:15 |
She is more precious than corals, / And nothing you desire compares with her. |
| Prov. 3:16 |
Length of days is in her right hand; / In her left hand are riches and honor. |
| Prov. 3:17 |
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, / And all her paths are peace. |
| Prov. 3:18 |
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her, / And happy are those who hold her fast. |
| Prov. 3:19 |
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; / He established the heavens by understanding; |
| Prov. 3:20 |
By His knowledge the depths were broken open / And the skies drop down the dew. |
| Prov. 3:21 |
My son, do not let these depart from your sight: / Keep sound wisdom and discretion; |
| Prov. 3:22 |
And they will be life for your soul / And a graceful ornament for your neck. |
| Prov. 3:23 |
Then you will walk on your way securely, / And your foot will not stumble. |
| Prov. 3:24 |
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; / But you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet. |
| Prov. 3:25 |
Do not be afraid of sudden fear, / Nor of the destruction of the wicked when it comes; |
| Prov. 3:26 |
For Jehovah will be your confidence, / And He will keep your foot from being caught. |
| Prov. 3:27 |
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, / When it is in the power of your hand to do [so.] |
| Prov. 3:28 |
Do not say to your neighbor, Go, and come back; / And tomorrow I will give [it]--when you have [it] with you. |
| Prov. 3:29 |
Do not devise harm against your neighbor, / While he lives securely beside you. |
| Prov. 3:30 |
Do not strive with a man without cause, / If he has done you no harm. |
| Prov. 3:31 |
Do not envy a man of violence, / And do not choose any of his ways; |
| Prov. 3:32 |
For the perverse man is an abomination to Jehovah, / But His intimate counsel is with the upright. |
| Prov. 3:33 |
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked man, / But He blesses the dwelling place of the righteous. |
| Prov. 3:34 |
To scorners He is scornful, / But to the humble He gives grace. |
| Prov. 3:35 |
The wise will inherit honor, / But fools increase [their own] disgrace. |