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3:1  My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commands;
3:2  for they will bring you many days, a full life, and well-being.
3:3  Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Tie them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
3:4  Then you will find favor and high regard with God and people.
3:5  Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding;
3:6  in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight.
3:7  Don’t be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
3:8  This will be healing for your body and strengthening for your bones.
3:9  Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest;
3:10  then your barns will be completely filled, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
3:11  Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son, and do not loathe his discipline;
3:12  for the Lord disciplines the one he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.
3:13  Happy is a man who finds wisdom and who acquires understanding,
3:14  for she is more profitable than silver, and her revenue is better than gold.
3:15  She is more precious than jewels; nothing you desire can equal her.
3:16  Long life is in her right hand; in her left, riches and honor.
3:17  Her ways are pleasant, and all her paths, peaceful.
3:18  She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who hold on to her are happy.
3:19  The Lord founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
3:20  By his knowledge the watery depths broke open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
3:21  Maintain sound wisdom and discretion. My son, don’t lose sight of them.
3:22  They will be life for you and adornment for your neck.
3:23  Then you will go safely on your way; your foot will not stumble.
3:24  When you lie down, you will not be afraid; you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.
3:25  Don’t fear sudden danger or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,
3:26  for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from a snare.
3:27  When it is in your power, don’t withhold good from the one to whom it belongs.
3:28  Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later. I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.
3:29  Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor, for he trusts you and lives near you.
3:30  Don’t accuse anyone without cause, when he has done you no harm.
3:31  Don’t envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
3:32  for the devious are detestable to the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.
3:33  The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous;
3:34  He mocks those who mock but gives grace to the humble.
3:35  The wise will inherit honor, but he holds up fools to dishonor.