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3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; 3:2 For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you. 3:3 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. 3:4 So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man. 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. 3:7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil. 3:8 It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones. 3:9 Honor the Lord from your wealth And from the first of all your produce; 3:10 So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine. 3:11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord Or loathe His reproof, 3:12 For whom the Lord loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. 3:13 How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding. 3:14 For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold. 3:15 She is more precious than jewels; And nothing you desire compares with her. 3:16 Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. 3:17 Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace. 3:18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast. 3:19 The Lord by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens. 3:20 By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the skies drip with dew. 3:21 My son, let them not vanish from your sight; Keep sound wisdom and discretion, 3:22 So they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck. 3:23 Then you will walk in your way securely And your foot will not stumble. 3:24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. 3:25 Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes; 3:26 For the Lord will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught. 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it. 3:28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it," When you have it with you. 3:29 Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you. 3:30 Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. 3:31 Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways. 3:32 For the devious are an abomination to the Lord; But He is intimate with the upright. 3:33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous. 3:34 Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the afflicted. 3:35 The wise will inherit honor, But fools display dishonor.