Chapter Text
3:1 My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
3:2 For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.
3:3 Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
3:4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
3:6 In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
3:7 Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
3:8 So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.
3:9 Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
3:10 So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.
3:11 My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.
3:12 For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.
3:13 Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
3:14 For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.
3:15 It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
3:16 Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
3:17 Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.
3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
3:19 The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
3:20 By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
3:21 My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
3:22 So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
3:23 Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.
3:24 If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
3:25 Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.
3:26 For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.
3:27 Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.
3:28 Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.
3:29 Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.
3:30 Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.
3:31 Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
3:32 For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
3:33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
3:34 With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
3:35 The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.