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Proverbs 3:1-32

3:1

My son
<01121>_,

forget
<07911> (8799)

not my law
<08451>_;

but let thine heart
<03820>

keep
<05341> (8799)

my commandments
<04687>_:

3:2

For length
<0753>

of days
<03117>_,

and long
<08141>

life
<02416>_,

and peace
<07965>_,

shall they add
<03254> (8686)

to thee. {long...: Heb. years of life}

3:3

Let not mercy
<02617>

and truth
<0571>

forsake
<05800> (8799)

thee: bind
<07194> (8798)

them about thy neck
<01621>_;

write
<03789> (8798)

them upon the table
<03871>

of thine heart
<03820>_:

3:4

So shalt thou find
<04672> (8798)

favour
<02580>

and good
<02896>

understanding
<07922>

in the sight
<05869>

of God
<0430>

and man
<0120>_.

{good...: or, good success}

3:5

Trust
<0982> (8798)

in the LORD
<03068>

with all thine heart
<03820>_;

and lean
<08172> (8735)

not unto thine own understanding
<0998>_.

3:6

In all thy ways
<01870>

acknowledge
<03045> (8798)

him, and he shall direct
<03474> (8762)

thy paths
<0734>_.

3:7

Be not wise
<02450>

in thine own eyes
<05869>_:

fear
<03372> (8798)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and depart
<05493> (8798)

from evil
<07451>_.

3:8

It shall be health
<07500>

to thy navel
<08270>_,

and marrow
<08250>

to thy bones
<06106>_.

{health: Heb. medicine} {marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening}

3:9

Honour
<03513> (8761)

the LORD
<03068>

with thy substance
<01952>_,

and with the firstfruits
<07225>

of all thine increase
<08393>_:

3:10

So shall thy barns
<0618>

be filled
<04390> (8735)

with plenty
<07647>_,

and thy presses
<03342>

shall burst out
<06555> (8799)

with new wine
<08492>_.

3:11

My son
<01121>_,

despise
<03988> (8799)

not the chastening
<04148>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

neither be weary
<06973> (8799)

of his correction
<08433>_:

3:12

For whom the LORD
<03068>

loveth
<0157> (8799)

he correcteth
<03198> (8686)_;

even as a father
<01>

the son
<01121>

[in whom] he delighteth
<07521> (8799)_.

3:13

Happy
<0835>

[is] the man
<0120>

[that] findeth
<04672> (8804)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and the man
<0120>

[that] getteth
<06329> (8686)

understanding
<08394>_.

{that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}

3:14

For the merchandise
<05504>

of it [is] better
<02896>

than the merchandise
<05505>

of silver
<03701>_,

and the gain
<08393>

thereof than fine gold
<02742>_.

3:15

She [is] more precious
<03368>

than rubies
<06443>_:

and all the things thou canst desire
<02656>

are not to be compared
<07737> (8799)

unto her.

3:16

Length
<0753>

of days
<03117>

[is] in her right hand
<03225>_;

[and] in her left hand
<08040>

riches
<06239>

and honour
<03519>_.

3:17

Her ways
<01870>

[are] ways
<01870>

of pleasantness
<05278>_,

and all her paths
<05410>

[are] peace
<07965>_.

3:18

She [is] a tree
<06086>

of life
<02416>

to them that lay hold
<02388> (8688)

upon her: and happy
<0833> (8794)

[is every one] that retaineth
<08551> (8802)

her.

3:19

The LORD
<03068>

by wisdom
<02451>

hath founded
<03245> (8804)

the earth
<0776>_;

by understanding
<08394>

hath he established
<03559> (8790)

the heavens
<08064>_.

{established: or, prepared}

3:20

By his knowledge
<01847>

the depths
<08415>

are broken up
<01234> (8738)_,

and the clouds
<07834>

drop down
<07491> (8799)

the dew
<02919>_.

3:21

My son
<01121>_,

let not them depart
<03868> (8799)

from thine eyes
<05869>_:

keep
<05341> (8798)

sound wisdom
<08454>

and discretion
<04209>_:

3:22

So shall they be life
<02416>

unto thy soul
<05315>_,

and grace
<02580>

to thy neck
<01621>_.

3:23

Then shalt thou walk
<03212> (8799)

in thy way
<01870>

safely
<0983>_,

and thy foot
<07272>

shall not stumble
<05062> (8799)_.

3:24

When thou liest down
<07901> (8799)_,

thou shalt not be afraid
<06342> (8799)_:

yea, thou shalt lie down
<07901> (8804)_,

and thy sleep
<08142>

shall be sweet
<06149> (8804)_.

3:25

Be not afraid
<03372> (8799)

of sudden
<06597>

fear
<06343>_,

neither of the desolation
<07722>

of the wicked
<07563>_,

when it cometh
<0935> (8799)_.

3:26

For the LORD
<03068>

shall be thy confidence
<03689>_,

and shall keep
<08104> (8804)

thy foot
<07272>

from being taken
<03921>_.

3:27

Withhold
<04513> (8799)

not good
<02896>

from them to whom it is due
<01167>_,

when it is in the power
<0410>

of thine hand
<03027>

to do
<06213> (8800)

[it]. {them...: Heb. the owners thereof}

3:28

Say
<0559> (8799)

not unto thy neighbour
<07453>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

and come again
<07725> (8798)_,

and to morrow
<04279>

I will give
<05414> (8799)_;

when thou hast
<03426>

it by thee.

3:29

Devise
<02790> (8799)

not evil
<07451>

against thy neighbour
<07453>_,

seeing he dwelleth
<03427> (8802)

securely
<0983>

by thee. {Devise...: or, Practise no evil}

3:30

Strive
<07378> (8799)

not with a man
<0120>

without cause
<02600>_,

if he have done
<01580> (8804)

thee no harm
<07451>_.

3:31

Envy
<07065> (8762)

thou not the oppressor
<0376> <02555>_,

and choose
<0977> (8799)

none of his ways
<01870>_.

{the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence}

3:32

For the froward
<03868> (8737)

[is] abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

but his secret
<05475>

[is] with the righteous
<03477>_.