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Proverbs 3
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
[My] son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck:
Never let loving devotion (note: Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.) or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.
This will bring healing to your body (note: Hebrew navel) and refreshment (note: Or medicine) to your bones.
Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness:
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine.
then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
[My] son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke (note: LXX and do not lose heart when He rebukes; cited in Hebrews 12:5);
for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.
for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory:
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful.
All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is [a] secure [help] to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.
By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
[My] son, let [them] not pass from [thee], but keep my counsel and understanding:
My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck;
They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
that thou mayest go confidently in peace in all thy ways, and that thy foot may not stumble.
Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
For the Lord shall be over all thy ways, and shall establish thy foot that thou be not moved.
for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
Forbear not to do good to the poor, whensoever thy hand may have [power] to help [him].
Do not withhold good from the deserving (note: Or from its owners) when it is within your power to act.
Say not, Come back another time, to-morrow I will give; while thou art able to do [him] good: for thou knowest not what the next day will bring forth.
Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
Devise not evil against thy friend, living near thee and trusting in thee.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do thee some harm.
Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways.
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous.
for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble.
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble (note: LXX The Lord opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble; cited in James 4:6 and 1 Peter 5:5).
The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted [their own] dishonour.
The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.