JPS - Proverbs - 3

3:1  My son, forget not my teaching; but let thy heart keep my commandments;

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

3:3  Let not kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thy heart;

3:4  So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of G-d and man.

3:5  Trust in HaShem with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.

3:6  In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.

3:7  Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear HaShem, and depart from evil;

3:8  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

3:9  Honour HaShem with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;

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

3:11  My son, despise not the chastening of HaShem, neither spurn thou His correction;

3:12  For whom HaShem loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

3:13  Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.

3:14  For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

3:15  She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

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

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

3:18  She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast.

3:19  HaShem by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.

3:20  By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

3:21  My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;

3:22  So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

3:23  Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thou shalt not dash thy foot.

3:24  When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

3:25  Be not afraid of sudden terror, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;

3:26  For HaShem will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being caught.

3:27  Withhold not good from him to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

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

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

3:30  Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

3:31  Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

3:32  For the perverse is an abomination to HaShem; but His counsel is with the upright.

3:33  The curse of HaShem is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

3:34  If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace.

3:35  The wise shall inherit honour; but as for the fools, they carry away shame.