MKJV - Proverbs - 3

3:1  My son, forget not My law; but let your heart keep My commandments;

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

3:3  Let not mercy and truth forsake you; tie them around your neck; write them upon 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 the LORD 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 the LORD and depart from evil.

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

3:9  Honor the LORD 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 despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary with His correction;

3:12  for whom the LORD loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

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

3:14  For the profit from it is better than the gain from silver, and its produce 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; and in her left hand, riches and honor.

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

3:18  She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her; and happy is everyone who keeps her.

3:19  The LORD has founded the earth by wisdom; by understanding He has founded the heavens.

3:20  By His knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop 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 be afraid; yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

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

3:26  For the LORD shall be your hope, and shall keep your foot from being taken.

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, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it beside you:

3:29  Do not plan evil against your neighbor, since he dwells trustingly 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 none of his ways.

3:32  For the crooked man is hateful to 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 blesses the home of the just.

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

3:35  The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.