Proverbs:3

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* My son , mine instruction , do not thou forget , and , my commandment , let thy heart observe ; * For , length of days and years of life , and blessedness , shall they and to thee . * Lovingkindness and faithfulness , let them not forsake thee , bind them , upon thy neck , write them upon the tablet of thy heart : * So find thou favour and good repute , in the eyes of God and man . * Trust thou in Yahweh , with all thy heart , and , unto thine own understanding , do not lean : * In all thy ways , acknowledge him , and , he , will make straight thy paths . * Do not become wise in thine own eyes , revere Yahweh , and avoid evil : * Healing , shall it be to thy body , and refreshing , to thy bones . * Honour thou Yahweh , with thy substance , and with the firstfruit of all thine increase ; * So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty , and , with new wine , shall thy vats overflow . * The , chastening of Yahweh , my son , do not reject , nor loathe his rebuke ; * For , whom Yahweh loveth , he correcteth , he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth . * How happy the man who hath found wisdom , and the man who draweth forth understanding , * For better is her merchandise , than the merchandise of silver , yea , than gold , her increase ; * More precious , is she , than corals , yea , none of thy delightful things , doth equal her : * Length of days , is in her right hand , in her left , are riches and honour ; * Her ways , are ways of pleasantness , and , all her paths , are peace ; * A tree of life , is she , to them who secure her , and , they who hold her fast , are every one to be pronounced happy . * Yahweh , in wisdom , founded the earth , establishing the heavens with understanding ; * By his knowledge , the resounding deeps were burst open , and , the skies , drop down dew . * My son , let them not depart from thine eyes , guard thou counsel , and purpose : * So shall they become life to thy soul , and an adorning to thy neck ; * Then , shalt thou walk securely in thy way , and , thy foot , shall not stumble ; * When thou sittest down , thou shalt have no dread , yea thou shalt lie down , and sweet shall be thy sleep . * Be not thou afraid of sudden dread , nor of the desolation of the lawless , when it cometh . * For , Yahweh , will be in all thy ways , and will keep thy foot from the snare . * Withhold not good from them who ask it , when it is in power of thy hand to do it : * Do not say to thy neighbour , Go and come again , and to-morrow I will give , when thou hast it by thee . * Devise not against thy neighbour an injury , seeing that , he , dwelleth securely by thee . * Contend not with a man without cause , if he hath dealt thee no wrong . * Do not thou envy the man of violence , neither choose thou any of his ways ; * For , an abomination to Yahweh , is the tortuous man , but , with the upright , he is intimate . * The curse of Yahweh , is in the house of the lawless one , but , the home of the righteous , he blesseth . * Though at scoffers he scoffeth , yet , to the humbled , he granteth favour . * Honour , shall the wise inherit , but , as for dullards , shame shall carry them away .

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