LITV - Proverbs - 3

3:1  My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands,

3:2  for they shall add length of days and long life and peace to you.

3:3  Mercy and truth will not forsake you; tie them on your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart;

3:4  and you shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

3:5  Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding;

3:6  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

3:7  Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

3:8  Healing shall be to your navel and marrow to your bones.

3:9  Honor Jehovah with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase,

3:10  and your barns shall be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst with new wine.

3:11  My son, do not reject the chastening of Jehovah, and do not loathe His correction;

3:12  for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son with whom he is pleased.

3:13  Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.

3:14  For its profit is better than the gain from silver, and its increase more than fine gold;

3:15  she is more precious than rubies, and all the things you can desire are not to be compared with her.

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

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

3:18  She is a tree of life to the ones who lay hold on her; and happy are the ones holding her fast.

3:19  Jehovah founded the earth by wisdom; He founded the heavens by understanding;

3:20  the depths were broken up by His knowledge, and the clouds dropped down the dew.

3:21  My son, do not let them depart from your eyes; keep sound wisdom and judgment,

3:22  and they shall be life to your soul, and grace to your neck;

3:23  then you shall walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble.

3:24  When you lie down, you shall not dread; yea, you shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.

3:25  Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of the destruction of the wicked when it comes.

3:26  For Jehovah shall be at your side, and He shall keep your foot from being caught.

3:27  Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it .

3:28  Do not say to your neighbor, Go and come back again, or, Tomorrow I will give, when you have it beside you.

3:29  Do not plan evil against your neighbor, since he lives securely by you.

3:30  Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

3:31  Do not envy the cruel man, and choose not among all his ways.

3:32  For the perverse one is hateful to Jehovah, but His intimacy is with the righteous.

3:33  The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked, but He blesses the abode of the just.

3:34  Surely He scorns the scorners, but He gives grace to the lowly.

3:35  The wise inherit honor, but the foolish exalt shame.