Proverbs 3:1-12 ▼

1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

2 For length of days, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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

4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding:

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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

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

9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

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

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his reproof:

12 For whom the LORD loveth he reproveth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.