KJ3 Literal Translation
Proverbs 3
Trust in Jehovah with all your heart.
1My son, do not forget My law, but let your heart guard My commands,
2for they shall add length of days and years of life and peace to you.
3Mercy and truth will not forsake you; tie them on your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart;
4and you shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding;
6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
7Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and turn from evil.
8Healing shall be to your navel and marrow to your bones.
9Honor Jehovah with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase,
10and your storerooms shall be filled with plenty, and your wine-vats shall burst with new wine.
11My son, do not reject the chastening of Jehovah, and do not loathe His chastisement;
12for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son with whom he is pleased.
13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
14For better is its profit than the gain of silver, and its produce more than fine gold;
15she is more precious than jewels, and all the things you can desire are not to be compared with her.
16Length of days is in her right hand; riches and honor in her left hand.
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths peace.
18She is a tree of life to the ones who lay hold on her, and blessed are the ones holding her fast.
19Jehovah founded the earth by wisdom; He founded the heavens by understanding;
20the depths were broken up by His knowledge, and the clouds dropped down the dew.
21My son, do not let them depart from your eyes; keep sound wisdom and judgment,
22and they shall be life to your soul, and grace to your neck;
23then you shall walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble.
24When you lie down, you shall not dread; yea, you shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.
25Do not be afraid of sudden dread, and of the ruin of the wicked ones when it comes.
26For Jehovah shall be at your loins, and He shall keep your foot from capture.
27Do not withhold good from its owners, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28Do not say to your neighbor, Go and return, or, Tomorrow I will give, when it is with you.
29Do not plot evil against your neighbor, and he lives securely by you.
30Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has dealt you no evil.
31Do not be envious of the man of violence, and choose not among all his ways.
32For one being devious is a disgusting thing to Jehovah, but His counsel is with the upright ones.
33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked one, but He blesses the abode of the righteous ones.
34If He will scorn at those scorning, yet He will give grace to the humble one.
35The wise ones inherit honor, but fools exalt shame.
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