Proverbs 3:1-20 ▼

1 My son, do not forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

2 for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.

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

4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

6 In all your ways remember him, and he will make your paths straight.

7 Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

8 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

9 Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

10 so your storehouses will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

11 My son, do not despise the discipline of the LORD, nor resent his correction.

12 For whom the LORD loves he disciplines, and punishes every son he accepts.

13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her, and those who hold on to her are blessed

19 By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.