Proverbs 3:1-22 ▼

1 My son, thou shalt not forget my law, and thy heart shall guard my commands:

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

3 Mercy and truth shall not forsake thee: bind them upon thy throat; write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

4 And find grace and good understanding in the eyes of God and man.

5 Trust to Jehovah with all thy heart; and thou shalt not lean to thine understanding.

6 In all thy ways know him, and he will make straight thy paths.

7 Thou shalt not be wise in thine eyes: fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

8 It shall be healing to thy sinews, and moistening to thy bones.

9 Honor Jehovah from thy substance, and from the first-fruits of all thy produce.

10 And thy storehouses shall be filled with abundance, and thy wine-vats shall break forth with new wine.

11 My son, thou shalt not reject the instruction of Jehovah, and thou shalt not loathe upon his reproofs:

12 For whom Jehovah shall love he will rebuke, as a father the son he will delight in.

13 Happy the man finding wisdom; and the man shall bring forth understanding.

14 For good her gain above the gain of silver, and her increase above gold.

15 She is precious above red corals: and all thy delights shall not be equal with her.

16 Length of days in her right hand; in her left, riches and honor.

17 Her ways the ways of pleasantness, and all her beaten paths, peace.

18 She is a tree of life to all holding upon her: and happy he holding her fast.

19 Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; he prepared the heavens by understanding.

20 By his knowledge the depths were rent, and the clouds will drop dew.

21 My son, they shall not depart from thine eyes: keep counsel and meditation:

22 And they shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy throat.