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| 3:1 |
 y sonne, forget not my lawe; but let thine heart keepe my commaundements: |
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| 3:2 |
For length of dayes, and long life, and peace shall they adde to thee. |
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| 3:3 |
Let not mercy and trueth forsake thee: bind them about thy necke, write them vpon the table of thine heart. |
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| 3:4 |
So shalt thou find fauour, and good vnderstanding in the sight of God, and man. |
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| 3:5 |
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and leaue not vnto thine owne vnderstanding. |
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| 3:6 |
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pathes. |
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| 3:7 |
Be not wise in thine owne eyes: feare the Lord, and depart from euill. |
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| 3:8 |
It shalbe health to thy nauill, and marrow to thy bones. |
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| 3:9 |
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase. |
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| 3:10 |
So shall thy barnes be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. |
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| 3:11 |
My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord: neither be weary of his correction. |
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| 3:12 |
For whom the Lord loueth, he correcteth, euen as a father the sonne, in whom he delighteth. |
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| 3:13 |
Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding. |
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| 3:14 |
For the merchandise of it is better then the merchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof, then fine gold. |
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| 3:15 |
She is more precious then Rubies: and all the things thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her. |
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| 3:16 |
Length of dayes is in her right hand: and in her left hand, riches and honour. |
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| 3:17 |
Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace. |
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| 3:18 |
She is a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: and happy is euery one that retaineth her. |
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| 3:19 |
The Lord by wisedome hath founded the earth; by vnderstanding hath he established the heauens. |
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| 3:20 |
By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp; and the cloudes droppe downe the dew. |
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| 3:21 |
My sonne, let not them depart from thine eyes: keepe sound wisedome and discretion. |
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| 3:22 |
So shall they bee life vnto thy soule, and grace to thy necke. |
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| 3:23 |
Then shalt thou walke in thy way safely, & thy foot shall not stumble. |
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| 3:24 |
When thou lyest downe, thou shalt not be afraide: yea, thou shalt lye downe, and thy sleepe shalbe sweet. |
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| 3:25 |
Be not afraid of sudden feare, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it commeth. |
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| 3:26 |
For the Lord shalbe thy confidence, and shall keepe thy foote from being taken. |
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| 3:27 |
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to doe it. |
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| 3:28 |
Say not vnto thy neighbour, Goe, and come againe, and to morrow I will giue, when thou hast it by thee. |
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| 3:29 |
Deuise not euil against thy neighbour, seeing hee dwelleth securely by thee. |
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| 3:30 |
Striue not with a man without cause, if hee haue done thee no harme. |
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| 3:31 |
Enuie thou not the oppressour, and choose none of his wayes. |
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| 3:32 |
For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. |
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| 3:33 |
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the iust. |
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| 3:34 |
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giueth grace vnto the lowly. |
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| 3:35 |
The wise shall inherite glory, but shame shalbe the promotion of fooles. |
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