Proverbs 3 : 1 (LXXEN)
My son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
Proverbs 3 : 2 (LXXEN)
for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Proverbs 3 : 3 (LXXEN)
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck:
Proverbs 3 : 4 (LXXEN)
so shalt thou find favour: [Alex. +’and write them on the table of thine heart’] and do thou *See Ro 12:17 provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
Proverbs 3 : 5 (LXXEN)
Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 3 : 6 (LXXEN)
In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly *Gr. divide; See 2 Ti 2:12 direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3 : 7 (LXXEN)
Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
Proverbs 3 : 8 (LXXEN)
Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.
Proverbs 3 : 9 (LXXEN)
Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness:
Proverbs 3 : 10 (LXXEN)
that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine.
Proverbs 3 : 11 (LXXEN)
*Heb 12:5, 6 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Proverbs 3 : 12 (LXXEN)
for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.
Proverbs 3 : 13 (LXXEN)
Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
Proverbs 3 : 14 (LXXEN)
For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.
Proverbs 3 : 15 (LXXEN)
And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.
Proverbs 3 : 16 (LXXEN)
For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory: (3:16AA) out of her mouth proceeds righteousness, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue.
Proverbs 3 : 17 (LXXEN)
Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful.
Proverbs 3 : 18 (LXXEN)
She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
Proverbs 3 : 19 (LXXEN)
God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.
Proverbs 3 : 20 (LXXEN)
By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.
Proverbs 3 : 21 (LXXEN)
My son, let them not *See Heb 2:1 pass from thee, but keep my counsel and understanding:
Proverbs 3 : 22 (LXXEN)
that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck; (3:22AA) and it shall be health to thy flesh, and safety to thy bones:
Proverbs 3 : 23 (LXXEN)
that thou mayest go confidently in peace in all thy ways, and that thy foot may not stumble.
Proverbs 3 : 24 (LXXEN)
For if thou *Gr. sit down rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.
Proverbs 3 : 25 (LXXEN)
And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
Proverbs 3 : 26 (LXXEN)
For the Lord shall be over all thy ways, and shall establish thy foot that thou be not moved.
Proverbs 3 : 27 (LXXEN)
Forbear not to do good to the poor, whensoever thy hand may have power to help him.
Proverbs 3 : 28 (LXXEN)
Say not, Come back another time, to-morrow I will give; while thou art able to do him good: for thou knowest not what the next day will bring forth.
Proverbs 3 : 29 (LXXEN)
Devise not evil against thy friend, living near thee and trusting in thee.
Proverbs 3 : 30 (LXXEN)
Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do thee some harm.
Proverbs 3 : 31 (LXXEN)
Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways.
Proverbs 3 : 32 (LXXEN)
For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous.
Proverbs 3 : 33 (LXXEN)
The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.
Proverbs 3 : 34 (LXXEN)
*See 1 Pe 5:5 The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble.
Proverbs 3 : 35 (LXXEN)
The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted their own dishonour.
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