Proverbs

Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart

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

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

3Never let loving devotionor faithfulness leave you;bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

4Then you will find favor and high regardin the sight of God and man.

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

6in all your ways acknowledge Him,and He will make your paths straight.

7Be not wise in your own eyes;fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

8This will bring healing to your bodyand refreshmentto your bones.

9Honor the LORD with your wealthand with the firstfruits of all your crops;

10then your barns will be filled with plenty,and your vats will overflow with new wine.

11My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD,and do not loathe His rebuke;

12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves,as does a father the son in whom he delights.

The Blessings of Wisdom

13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom,the man who acquires understanding,

14for she is more profitable than silver,and her gain is better than fine gold.

15She is more precious than rubies;nothing you desire compares with her.

16Long life is in her right hand;in her left hand are riches and honor.

17All her ways are pleasant,and all her paths are peaceful.

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

19The LORD founded the earth by wisdomand established the heavens by understanding.

20By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open,and the clouds dripped with dew.

21My son, do not lose sight of this:Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

22They will be life to your souland adornment to your neck.

23Then you will go on your way in safety,and your foot will not stumble.

24When you lie down, you will not be afraid;when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

25Do not fear sudden dangeror the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

26for the LORD will be your confidenceand will keep your foot from the snare.

27Do not withhold good from the deservingwhen it is within your power to act.

28Do not tell your neighbor,“Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.

29Do not devise evil against your neighbor,for he trustfully dwells beside you.

30Do not accuse a man without cause,when he has done you no harm.

31Do not envy a violent manor choose any of his ways;

32for the LORD detests the perverse,but He is a friend to the upright.

33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked,but He blesses the home of the righteous.

34He mocks the mockers,but gives grace to the humble.

35The wise will inherit honor,but fools are held up to shame.

1My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.

2For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.

3Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:

4And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men.

5Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.

6In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.

7I Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:

8For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.

9Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits:

10And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.

11My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:

12For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.

13Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:

14The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:

15She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.

16Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

17Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.

18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.

19The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.

20By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.

21My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:

22And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.

23Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:

24If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

25Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.

26For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

27Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.

28Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and tomorrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.

29Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.

30Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.

31Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:

32For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

33Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.

34He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.

35The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.