Rotherham - Proverbs - 3

3:1  My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;

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

3:3  Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee,—bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

3:4  So find thou favour and good repute, in the eyes of God and man.

3:5  Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:

3:6  In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.

3:7  Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:

3:8  Healing, shall it be to thy body, and refreshing, to thy bones.

3:9  Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;

3:10  So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.

3:11  The, chastening of Yahweh, my son, do not reject, nor loathe his rebuke;

3:12  For, whom Yahweh loveth, he correcteth, he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth.

3:13  How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,

3:14  For better is her merchandise, than the merchandise of silver, yea, than gold, her increase;

3:15  More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her:

3:16  Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour;

3:17  Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace;

3:18  A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her,—and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

3:19  Yahweh, in wisdom, founded the earth, establishing the heavens with understanding;

3:20  By his knowledge, the resounding deeps were burst open, and, the skies, drop down dew.

3:21  My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose:

3:22  So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;

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

3:24  When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep.

3:25  Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, when it cometh.

3:26  For, Yahweh, will be in all thy ways, and will keep thy foot from the snare.

3:27  Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it:

3:28  Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

3:29  Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.

3:30  Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong.

3:31  Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;

3:32  For, an abomination to Yahweh, is the tortuous man, but, with the upright, he is intimate.

3:33  The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth.

3:34  Though at scoffers he scoffeth, yet, to the humbled, he granteth favour.

3:35  Honour, shall the wise inherit,—but, as for dullards, shame shall carry them away.