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Prouerbs 3

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

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

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

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

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

⁶In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pathes.

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

⁸It shalbe health to thy nauill, and marrow to thy bones.

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

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

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

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

¹³Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁹The Lord by wisedome hath founded the earth; by vnderstanding hath he established the heauens.

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

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

²²So shall they bee life vnto thy soule, and grace to thy necke.

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁹Deuise not euil against thy neighbour, seeing hee dwelleth securely by thee.

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

³¹Enuie thou not the oppressour, and choose none of his wayes.

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

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

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

³⁵The wise shall inherite glory, but shame shalbe the promotion of fooles.