DRC - Proverbs - 3

3:1  My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.

3:2  For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace.

3:3  Let not mercy aud truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart.

3:4  And thou shalt find grace, and good understanding before God and men.

3:5  Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.

3:6  In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.

3:7  Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:

3:8  For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.

3:9  Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits;

3:10  And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.

3:11  My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:

3:12  For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.

3:13  Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence:

3:14  The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold:

3:15  She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her.

3:16  Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

3:17  Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.

3:18  She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.

3:19  The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.

3:20  By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.

3:21  My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:

3:22  And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.

3:23  Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:

3:24  If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

3:25  Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.

3:26  For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

3:27  Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.

3:28  Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.

3:29  Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.

3:30  Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.

3:31  Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways.

3:32  For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

3:33  Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.

3:34  He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.

3:35  The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.