Proverbs 3:1-15 ▼

1 My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes:

2 For they shal prolong the dayes and yeres of thy lyfe, and bryng thee peace.

3 Let mercie and faithfulnesse neuer go from thee: binde them about thy necke, and write them in the tables of thyne heart:

4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.

5 Put thy trust in God with all thine heart: & leane not vnto thine owne wit:

6 In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall order thy goynges.

7 Be not wise in thine owne conceipt: but feare the Lorde, and depart from euyll:

8 So shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones strong.

9 Honour the Lorde with thy substaunce, and with the firstlynges of all thyne encrease:

10 So shall thy barnes be filled with plenteousnesse, and thy presses shall flowe ouer with sweete wine.

11 My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art corrected of hym:

12 For whom the Lorde loueth, him he chasteneth, and yet deliteth in him, euen as a father in his owne sonne.

13 Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

14 For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof is better then golde.

15 She is more worth then pretious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.