| 3:1: My son, don't forget my teaching; But let your heart keep my commandments: |
| 3:2: For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to you. |
| 3:3: Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. |
| 3:4: So you will find favor, And good understanding in the sight of God and man. |
| 3:5: Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding. |
| 3:6: In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths. |
| 3:7: Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. |
| 3:8: It will be health to your body, And nourishment to your bones. |
| 3:9: Honor Yahweh with your substance, With the first fruits of all your increase: |
| 3:10: So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. |
| 3:11: My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof: |
| 3:12: For whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. |
| 3:13: Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding. |
| 3:14: For her good profit is better than getting silver, And her return is better than fine gold. |
| 3:15: She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. |
| 3:16: Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. |
| 3:17: Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. |
| 3:18: She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her. |
| 3:19: By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens. |
| 3:20: By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. |
| 3:21: My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion: |
| 3:22: So they will be life to your soul, And grace for your neck. |
| 3:23: Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble. |
| 3:24: When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet. |
| 3:25: Don't be afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes: |
| 3:26: For Yahweh will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being taken. |
| 3:27: Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do it. |
| 3:28: Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, Tomorrow I will give it to you," When you have it by you. |
| 3:29: Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you. |
| 3:30: Don't strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. |
| 3:31: Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. |
| 3:32: For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright. |
| 3:33: Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, But he blesses the habitation of the righteous. |
| 3:34: Surely he mocks the mockers, But he gives grace to the humble. |
| 3:35: The wise will inherit glory, But shame will be the promotion of fools. |
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