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Proverbs 2

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 3
#### 1 | My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
#### 2 | For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.
#### 3 | Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
#### 4 | So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
#### 5 | Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
#### 6 | In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
#### 7 | Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
#### 8 | It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.
#### 9 | Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:
#### 10 | So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
#### 11 | My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
#### 12 | For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
#### 13 | Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
#### 14 | For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.
#### 15 | She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
#### 16 | Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
#### 17 | Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
#### 18 | She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
#### 19 | Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.
#### 20 | By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
#### 21 | My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
#### 22 | So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.
#### 23 | Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble.
#### 24 | When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
#### 25 | Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:
#### 26 | For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.
#### 27 | Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
#### 28 | Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.
#### 29 | Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
#### 30 | Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.
#### 31 | Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.
#### 32 | For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
#### 33 | The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
#### 34 | Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.
#### 35 | The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.

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