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| 3:1 |
My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
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| 3:2 |
For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
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| 3:3 |
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
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| 3:4 |
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
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| 3:5 |
Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
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| 3:6 |
In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
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| 3:7 |
Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
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| 3:8 |
Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
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| 3:9 |
Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
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| 3:10 |
And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth.
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| 3:11 |
Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
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| 3:12 |
For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
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| 3:13 |
O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.
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| 3:14 |
For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.
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| 3:15 |
Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
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| 3:16 |
Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour.
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| 3:17 |
Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.
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| 3:18 |
A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
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| 3:19 |
Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
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| 3:20 |
By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
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| 3:21 |
My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
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| 3:22 |
And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
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| 3:23 |
Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.
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| 3:24 |
If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
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| 3:25 |
Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
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| 3:26 |
For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
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| 3:27 |
Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand [is] toward God to do [it].
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| 3:28 |
Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
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| 3:29 |
Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
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| 3:30 |
Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
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| 3:31 |
Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
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| 3:32 |
For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.
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| 3:33 |
The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
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| 3:34 |
If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
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| 3:35 |
Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
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