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My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: (3:1) For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee (3:2) Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: (3:3) So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man (3:4) Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding (3:5) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths (3:6) Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil (3:7) It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones (3:8) Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: (3:9) So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine (3:10) My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: (3:11) For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth (3:12) Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding (3:13) For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold (3:14) She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her (3:15) Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour (3:16) Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace (3:17) She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her (3:18) The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens (3:19) By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew (3:20) My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: (3:21) So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck (3:22) Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble (3:23) When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet (3:24) Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh (3:25) For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken (3:26) Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it] (3:27) Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee (3:28) Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee (3:29) Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm (3:30) Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways (3:31) For the froward [is] abomination to the Lord: but his secret [is] with the righteous (3:32) The curse of the Lord [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just (3:33) Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly (3:34) The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools
(3:35)
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