### Darby's English Translation

Proverbs 2

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 3
| My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
| for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.
| Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
| and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
| Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
| in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.
| Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
| it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.
| Honour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
| so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
| My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement;
| for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
| Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
| For the gain thereof is better than the gain of silver, and her revenue than fine gold.
| She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.
| Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand riches and honour.
| Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
| She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.
| Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
| By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
| My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:
| so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.
| Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble;
| when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.
| Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;
| for Jehovah shall be thy confidence, and he will keep thy foot from being taken.
| Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
| Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.
| Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
| Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
| Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
| For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.
| The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
| He indeed scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
| The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of the foolish.

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