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3:1  My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
3:2  for length of days and long life and peace will they add to you.
3:3  Do not let mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,
3:4  so you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
3:5  Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
3:6  in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.
3:7  Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil.
3:8  It will be health to your body, and strength to your bones.
3:9  Honor the Lord with your substance, and with the first fruits of all your increase;
3:10  so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your presses will burst out with new wine.
3:11  My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be weary of His correction;
3:12  for whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father the son in whom he delights.
3:13  Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding;
3:14  for her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain than fine gold.
3:15  She is more precious than rubies, and all the things you may desire are not to be compared with her.
3:16  Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and honor.
3:17  Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
3:18  She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and happy is everyone who retains her.
3:19  The Lord by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding He has established the heavens;
3:20  by His knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
3:21  My son, let them not depart from your eyes— keep sound wisdom and discretion;
3:22  so they will be life to your soul and grace to your neck.
3:23  Then you will walk safely in your way, and your foot will not stumble.
3:24  When you lie down, you will not be afraid; yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.
3:25  Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;
3:26  for the Lord will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being caught.
3:27  Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
3:28  Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give it,” when you have it with you.
3:29  Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
3:30  Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
3:31  Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways;
3:32  for the perverse is an abomination to the Lord, but His secret counsel is with the righteous.
3:33  The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the habitation of the just.
3:34  Surely He scorns the scornful, but He gives favor to the humble.
3:35  The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the legacy of fools.