# Proverbs 3 [[Proverbs 2|←]] • [[Proverbs 4|→]] --- ### 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: ### 2 For length of days, and long 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 unto 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 presses shall burst out with new wine. ### 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: ### 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son he delighteth. ### 13 Happy the man findeth wisdom, and the man getteth understanding. ### 14 For the merchandise of it better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. ### 15 She more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. ### 16 Length of days in her right hand; in her left hand riches and honour. ### 17 Her ways ways of pleasantness, and all her paths peace. ### 18 She a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy that retaineth her. ### 19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. ### 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. ### 21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: ### 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. ### 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. ### 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. ### 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. ### 26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. ### 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do ### 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. ### 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. ### 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. ### 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. ### 32 For the froward abomination to the Lord: but his secret with the righteous. ### 33 The curse of the Lord in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. ### 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. ### 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.