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3:1  My son, do not forget my teaching. Let your heart keep my words.
3:2  For they will add to you many days and years of life and peace.
3:3  Do not let kindness and truth leave you. Tie them around your neck. Write them upon your heart.
3:4  So you will find favor and good understanding in the eyes of God and man.
3:5  Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not trust in your own understanding.
3:6  Agree with Him in all your ways, and He will make your paths straight.
3:7  Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the Lord and turn away from what is sinful.
3:8  It will be healing to your body and medicine to your bones.
3:9  Honor the Lord with your riches, and with the first of all you grow.
3:10  Then your store-houses will be filled with many good things and your barrels will flow over with new wine.
3:11  My son, listen when the Lord punishes you. Do not give up when He tells you what you must do.
3:12  The Lord punishes everyone He loves. He whips every son He receives.
3:13  Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
3:14  For it is better than getting silver and fine gold.
3:15  She is worth more than stones of great worth. Nothing you can wish for compares with her.
3:16  Long life is in her right hand. Riches and honor are in her left hand.
3:17  Her ways are pleasing, and all her paths are peace.
3:18  She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her. Happy are all who hold her near.
3:19  The Lord built the earth by wisdom. He built the heavens by understanding.
3:20  By what He knows, the seas were broken up and water falls from the sky.
3:21  My son, do not allow them to leave your eyes. Keep perfect wisdom and careful thinking.
3:22  And they will be life to your soul and a chain of beauty to your neck.
3:23  Then you will be safe as you walk on your way, and your foot will not trip.
3:24  You will not be afraid when you lie down. When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
3:25  Do not be afraid of fear that comes all at once. And do not be afraid of the storm of the sinful when it comes.
3:26  For the Lord will be your trust. He will keep your foot from being caught.
3:27  Do not keep good from those who should have it, when it is in your power to do it.
3:28  Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and return tomorrow, and I will give it,” when you have it with you.
3:29  Do not plan for your neighbor to be hurt, while he trusts you enough to live beside you.
3:30  Do not fight with a man for no reason, when he has done you no wrong.
3:31  Do not be jealous of a man who hurts others, and do not choose any of his ways.
3:32  For the bad man is hated by the Lord, but He is near to those who are right with Him.
3:33  The punishment of the Lord is on the house of the sinful, but He makes good come to the house of those who are right with Him.
3:34  God makes fun of those who make fun of the truth but gives loving-favor to those who have no pride.
3:35  Honor will be given to the wise, but shame will be given to fools.