Proverbios 3

¹ My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments. ² For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace. ³ Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart: ⁴ And thou shalt find grace and good understanding before God and men. ⁵ Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence. ⁶ In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. ⁷ Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil: ⁸ For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones. ⁹ Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits: ¹⁰ And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine. ¹¹ My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him: ¹² For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself. ¹³ Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence: ¹⁴ The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold: ¹⁵ She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her. ¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory. ¹⁷ Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed. ¹⁹ The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence. ²⁰ By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew. ²¹ My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel: ²² And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth. ²³ Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble: ²⁴ If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet. ²⁵ Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee. ²⁶ For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken. ²⁷ Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also. ²⁸ Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present. ²⁹ Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee. ³⁰ Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil. ³¹ Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways: ³² For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple. ³³ Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed. ³⁴ He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace. ³⁵ The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.