{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/kjv/pro003.htm","path":"bib/kjv/pro003.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/pro003.htm","text":"1\u00a0My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:\n \n2\u00a0For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.\n \n3\u00a0Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:\n \n4\u00a0So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.\n \n5\u00a0Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.\n \n6\u00a0In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.\n \n7\u00a0Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.\n \n8\u00a0It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.\n \n9\u00a0Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:\n \n10\u00a0So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.\n \n11\u00a0My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:\n \n12\u00a0For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.\n \n13\u00a0Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.\n \n14\u00a0For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.\n \n15\u00a0She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.\n \n16\u00a0Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.\n \n17\u00a0Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.\n \n18\u00a0She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.\n \n19\u00a0The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.\n \n20\u00a0By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.\n \n21\u00a0My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:\n \n22\u00a0So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.\n \n23\u00a0Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.\n \n24\u00a0When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.\n \n25\u00a0Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.\n \n26\u00a0For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.\n \n27\u00a0Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.\n \n28\u00a0Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.\n \n29\u00a0Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.\n \n30\u00a0Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.\n \n31\u00a0Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.\n \n32\u00a0For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.\n \n33\u00a0The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.\n \n34\u00a0Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.\n \n35\u00a0The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.","title":"King James Version: Proverbs: Proverbs Chapter 3","type":"page"}