Geneva1599 - Proverbs - 3

3:1  My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

3:2  For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.

3:3  Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.

3:4  So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.

3:5  Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.

3:6  In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.

3:7  Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.

3:8  So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.

3:9  Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.

3:10  So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.

3:11  My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

3:12  For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

3:13  Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

3:14  For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.

3:15  It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

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

3:17  Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.

3:18  She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.

3:19  The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.

3:20  By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.

3:21  My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

3:22  So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.

3:23  Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.

3:24  If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.

3:25  Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.

3:26  For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.

3:27  Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.

3:28  Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.

3:29  Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.

3:30  Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.

3:31  Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.

3:32  For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

3:33  The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

3:34  With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.

3:35  The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.