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The Book of Proverbs
Chapter 3
An exhortation to the practice of virtue.
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My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments. |
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For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace. |
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Let not mercy aud truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart. |
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And thou shalt find grace, and good understanding before God and men. |
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Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence. |
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In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. |
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Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil: |
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For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones. |
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Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits; |
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And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine. |
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My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him: |
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For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself. |
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Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence: |
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The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: |
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She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her. |
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Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory. |
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Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable. |
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She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed. |
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The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence. |
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By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew. |
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My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel: |
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And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth. |
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Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble: |
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If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet. |
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Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee. |
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For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken. |
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Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also. |
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Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present. |
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Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee. |
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Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil. |
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Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways. |
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For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple. |
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Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed. |
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He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace. |
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The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace. |
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