Proverbs 3

3 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

1My son, do not forget my Torah, And let your heart watch over my commands;

^2 ^For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

^3 ^Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

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

^5 ^Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

^6 ^In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

^7 ^Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

^8 ^Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.

^9 ^Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

^10 ^And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth.

^11 ^Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

^12 ^For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

^13 ^O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.

^14 ^For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.

^15 ^Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

^16 ^Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour.

^17 ^Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.

^18 ^A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.

^19 ^Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

^20 ^By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.

^21 ^My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

^22 ^And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

^23 ^Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.

^24 ^If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

^25 ^Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.

^26 ^For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.

^27 ^Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand [is] toward God to do [it].

^28 ^Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.

^29 ^Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

^30 ^Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

^31 ^Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

^32 ^For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.

^33 ^The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.

^34 ^If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.

^35 ^Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!