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