3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee:

3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man:

3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding:

3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths:

3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil:

3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones:

3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine:

3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth:

3:13 Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding:

3:14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold:

3:15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her:

3:16 Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour:

3:17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace:

3:18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her:

3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens:

3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew:

3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck:

3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble:

3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet:

3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:

3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken:

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

3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee:

3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee:

3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm:

3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways:

3:32 For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous:

3:33 The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just:

3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly:

3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools: