3Proverbs 3

CHAP. III. / 1 An exhortation to obedience, 5 to faith, 7 to mortification, 9 to deuotion, 11 to patience. 13 The happy gaine of wisedome. 19 The power, 21 and the benefits of wisedome. 27 An exhortat

1My sonne, forget not my lawe; but let thine heart keepe my commaundements:Select Proverbs 3:1

2For length of dayes, and long life, and peace shall they adde to thee.Select Proverbs 3:2

3Let not mercy and trueth forsake thee: bind them about thy necke, write them vpon the table of thine heart.Select Proverbs 3:3

4So shalt thou find fauour, and good vnderstanding in the sight of God, and man.Select Proverbs 3:4

5Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and leaue not vnto thine owne vnderstanding.Select Proverbs 3:5

6In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pathes.Select Proverbs 3:6

7Be not wise in thine owne eyes: feare the Lord, and depart from euill.Select Proverbs 3:7

8It shalbe health to thy nauill, and marrow to thy bones.Select Proverbs 3:8

9Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase.Select Proverbs 3:9

10So shall thy barnes be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.Select Proverbs 3:10

11My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord: neither be weary of his correction.Select Proverbs 3:11

12For whom the Lord loueth, he correcteth, euen as a father the sonne, in whom he delighteth.Select Proverbs 3:12

13Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.Select Proverbs 3:13

14For the merchandise of it is better then the merchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof, then fine gold.Select Proverbs 3:14

15She is more precious then Rubies: and all the things thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.Select Proverbs 3:15

16Length of dayes is in her right hand: and in her left hand, riches and honour.Select Proverbs 3:16

17Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace.Select Proverbs 3:17

18She is a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: and happy is euery one that retaineth her.Select Proverbs 3:18

19The Lord by wisedome hath founded the earth; by vnderstanding hath he established the heauens.Select Proverbs 3:19

20By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp; and the cloudes droppe downe the dew.Select Proverbs 3:20

21My sonne, let not them depart from thine eyes: keepe sound wisedome and discretion.Select Proverbs 3:21

22So shall they bee life vnto thy soule, and grace to thy necke.Select Proverbs 3:22

23Then shalt thou walke in thy way safely, & thy foot shall not stumble.Select Proverbs 3:23

24When thou lyest downe, thou shalt not be afraide: yea, thou shalt lye downe, and thy sleepe shalbe sweet.Select Proverbs 3:24

25Be not afraid of sudden feare, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it commeth.Select Proverbs 3:25

26For the Lord shalbe thy confidence, and shall keepe thy foote from being taken.Select Proverbs 3:26

27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to doe it.Select Proverbs 3:27

28Say not vnto thy neighbour, Goe, and come againe, and to morrow I will giue, when thou hast it by thee.Select Proverbs 3:28

29Deuise not euil against thy neighbour, seeing hee dwelleth securely by thee.Select Proverbs 3:29

30Striue not with a man without cause, if hee haue done thee no harme.Select Proverbs 3:30

31Enuie thou not the oppressour, and choose none of his wayes.Select Proverbs 3:31

32For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.Select Proverbs 3:32

33The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the iust.Select Proverbs 3:33

34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giueth grace vnto the lowly.Select Proverbs 3:34

35The wise shall inherite glory, but shame shalbe the promotion of fooles.Select Proverbs 3:35