Proverbs:3-5
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My son ,
forget not my law ;
but let thine heart keep my commandments :
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For length of days ,
and long life ,
and peace ,
shall they add to thee .
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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee :
bind them about thy neck ;
write them upon the table of thine heart :
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So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man .
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Trust in the LORD with all thine heart ;
and lean not unto thine own understanding .
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In all thy ways acknowledge him ,
and he shall direct thy paths .
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Be not wise in thine own eyes :
fear the LORD ,
and depart from evil .
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It shall be health to thy navel ,
and marrow to thy bones .
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Honour the LORD with thy substance ,
and with the firstfruits of all thine increase :
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So shall thy barns be filled with plenty ,
and thy presses shall burst out with new wine .
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My son ,
despise not the chastening of the LORD ;
neither be weary of his correction :
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For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth ;
even as a father the son in whom he delighteth .
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Happy is the man that findeth wisdom ,
and the man that getteth understanding .
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For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver ,
and the gain thereof than fine gold .
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She is more precious than rubies :
and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her .
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Length of days is in her right hand ;
and in her left hand riches and honour .
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness ,
and all her paths are peace .
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She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her :
and happy is every one that retaineth her .
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The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth ;
by understanding hath he established the heavens .
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By his knowledge the depths are broken up ,
and the clouds drop down the dew .
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My son ,
let not them depart from thine eyes :
keep sound wisdom and discretion :
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So shall they be life unto thy soul ,
and grace to thy neck .
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Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely ,
and thy foot shall not stumble .
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When thou liest down ,
thou shalt not be afraid :
yea ,
thou shalt lie down ,
and thy sleep shall be sweet .
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Be not afraid of sudden fear ,
neither of the desolation of the wicked ,
when it cometh .
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For the LORD shall be thy confidence ,
and shall keep thy foot from being taken .
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Withhold not good from them to whom it is due ,
when it is in the power of thine hand to do it .
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Say not unto thy neighbour ,
Go ,
and come again ,
and to morrow I will give ;
when thou hast it by thee .
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Devise not evil against thy neighbour ,
seeing he dwelleth securely by thee .
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Strive not with a man without cause ,
if he have done thee no harm .
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Envy thou not the oppressor ,
and choose none of his ways .
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For the froward is abomination to the LORD :
but his secret is with the righteous .
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The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked :
but he blesseth the habitation of the just .
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Surely he scorneth the scorners :
but he giveth grace unto the lowly .
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The wise shall inherit glory :
but shame shall be the promotion of fools .
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Hear ,
ye children ,
the instruction of a father ,
and attend to know understanding .
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For I give you good doctrine ,
forsake ye not my law .
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For I was my father '
s son ,
tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother .
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He taught me also ,
and said unto me ,
Let thine heart retain my words :
keep my commandments ,
and live .
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Get wisdom ,
get understanding :
forget it not ;
neither decline from the words of my mouth .
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Forsake her not ,
and she shall preserve thee :
love her ,
and she shall keep thee .
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Wisdom is the principal thing ;
therefore get wisdom :
and with all thy getting get understanding .
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Exalt her ,
and she shall promote thee :
she shall bring thee to honour ,
when thou dost embrace her .
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She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace :
a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee .
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Hear ,
O my son ,
and receive my sayings ;
and the years of thy life shall be many .
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I have taught thee in the way of wisdom ;
I have led thee in right paths .
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When thou goest ,
thy steps shall not be straitened ;
and when thou runnest ,
thou shalt not stumble .
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Take fast hold of instruction ;
let her not go :
keep her ;
for she is thy life .
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Enter not into the path of the wicked ,
and go not in the way of evil men .
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Avoid it ,
pass not by it ,
turn from it ,
and pass away .
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For they sleep not ,
except they have done mischief ;
and their sleep is taken away ,
unless they cause some to fall .
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For they eat the bread of wickedness ,
and drink the wine of violence .
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But the path of the just is as the shining light ,
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day .
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The way of the wicked is as darkness :
they know not at what they stumble .
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My son ,
attend to my words ;
incline thine ear unto my sayings .
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Let them not depart from thine eyes ;
keep them in the midst of thine heart .
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For they are life unto those that find them ,
and health to all their flesh .
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Keep thy heart with all diligence ;
for out of it are the issues of life .
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Put away from thee a froward mouth ,
and perverse lips put far from thee .
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Let thine eyes look right on ,
and let thine eyelids look straight before thee .
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Ponder the path of thy feet ,
and let all thy ways be established .
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Turn not to the right hand nor to the left :
remove thy foot from evil .
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My son ,
attend unto my wisdom ,
and bow thine ear to my understanding :
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That thou mayest regard discretion ,
and that thy lips may keep knowledge .
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb ,
and her mouth is smoother than oil :
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But her end is bitter as wormwood ,
sharp as a twoedged sword .
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Her feet go down to death ;
her steps take hold on hell .
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Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life ,
her ways are moveable ,
that thou canst not know them .
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Hear me now therefore ,
O ye children ,
and depart not from the words of my mouth .
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Remove thy way far from her ,
and come not nigh the door of her house :
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Lest thou give thine honour unto others ,
and thy years unto the cruel :
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Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth ;
and thy labours be in the house of a stranger ;
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And thou mourn at the last ,
when thy flesh and thy body are consumed ,
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And say ,
How have I hated instruction ,
and my heart despised reproof ;
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And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers ,
nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me !
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I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly .
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern ,
and running waters out of thine own well .
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Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad ,
and rivers of waters in the streets .
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Let them be only thine own ,
and not strangers '
with thee .
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Let thy fountain be blessed :
and rejoice with the wife of thy youth .
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Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe ;
let her breasts satisfy thee at all times ;
and be thou ravished always with her love .
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And why wilt thou ,
my son ,
be ravished with a strange woman ,
and embrace the bosom of a stranger ?
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD ,
and he pondereth all his goings .
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His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself ,
and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins .
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He shall die without instruction ;
and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray .
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My son ,
if thou be surety for thy friend ,
if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger ,
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