Proverbs 3:1-14 ▼

1 My son! Do not forget my law, || And let your heart keep my commands,

2 For [the] length of [your] days and years, || Life and peace they add to you.

3 Do not let kindness and truth forsake you, || Bind them on your neck, || Write them on the tablet of your heart,

4 And find grace and good understanding || In the eyes of God and man.

5 Trust to YHWH with all your heart, || And do not lean to your own understanding.

6 In all your ways know Him, || And He makes your paths straight.

7 Do not be wise in your own eyes, || Fear YHWH, and turn aside from evil.

8 It is healing to your navel, || And moistening to your bones.

9 Honor YHWH from your substance, || And from the beginning of all your increase;

10 And your barns are filled [with] plenty, || And your presses break forth [with] new wine.

11 Discipline of YHWH, my son, do not despise, || And do not be distressed with His reproof,

12 For whom YHWH loves He reproves, || Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

13 O the blessedness of a man [who] has found wisdom, || And of a man [who] brings forth understanding.

14 For better [is] her merchandise || Than the merchandise of silver, || And than gold—her increase.