  THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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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.




