YLT - Proverbs - 3

3:1  My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

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

3:3  Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

3:4  And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

3:5  Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

3:6  In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

3:7  Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

3:8  Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.

3:9  Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

3:10  And filled are thy barns with plenty, And with new wine thy presses break forth.

3:11  Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

3:12  For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

3:13  O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.

3:14  For better is her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold--her increase.

3:15  Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

3:16  Length of days is in her right hand, In her left are wealth and honour.

3:17  Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

3:18  A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.

3:19  Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

3:20  By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.

3:21  My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

3:22  And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

3:23  Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.

3:24  If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

3:25  Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.

3:26  For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.

3:27  Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it .

3:28  Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.

3:29  Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

3:30  Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

3:31  Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

3:32  For an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel.

3:33  The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.

3:34  If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.

3:35  Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!