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| 3:1 | My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: |
| 3:2 | For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. |
| 3:3 | Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: |
| 3:4 | So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. |
| 3:5 | Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. |
| 3:6 | In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. |
| 3:7 | Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. |
| 3:8 | It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. |
| 3:9 | Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: |
| 3:10 | So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. |
| 3:11 | My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: |
| 3:12 | For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. |
| 3:13 | Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. |
| 3:14 | For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. |
| 3:15 | She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. |
| 3:16 | Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. |
| 3:17 | Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. |
| 3:18 | She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. |
| 3:19 | The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. |
| 3:20 | By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. |
| 3:21 | My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: |
| 3:22 | So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. |
| 3:23 | Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. |
| 3:24 | When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. |
| 3:25 | Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. |
| 3:26 | For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. |
| 3:27 | Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. |
| 3:28 | Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. |
| 3:29 | Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. |
| 3:30 | Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. |
| 3:31 | Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. |
| 3:32 | For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. |
| 3:33 | The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. |
| 3:34 | Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. |
| 3:35 | The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. |
| 3:1 | My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements. |
| 3:2 | For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie. |
| 3:3 | Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart. |
| 3:4 | So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man. |
| 3:5 | Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome. |
| 3:6 | In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes. |
| 3:7 | Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill. |
| 3:8 | So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones. |
| 3:9 | Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase. |
| 3:10 | So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine. |
| 3:11 | My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction. |
| 3:12 | For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth. |
| 3:13 | Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding. |
| 3:14 | For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde. |
| 3:15 | It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her. |
| 3:16 | Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory. |
| 3:17 | Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie. |
| 3:18 | She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her. |
| 3:19 | The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding. |
| 3:20 | By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe. |
| 3:21 | My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell. |
| 3:22 | So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke. |
| 3:23 | Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble. |
| 3:24 | If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete. |
| 3:25 | Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth. |
| 3:26 | For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking. |
| 3:27 | Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it. |
| 3:28 | Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it. |
| 3:29 | Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee. |
| 3:30 | Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme. |
| 3:31 | Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes. |
| 3:32 | For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. |
| 3:33 | The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous. |
| 3:34 | With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble. |
| 3:35 | The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted. |
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