### Douay Rheims Bible

Proverbs 2

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 3
#### 1 | My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.
#### 2 | For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.
#### 3 | Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:
#### 4 | And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men.
#### 5 | Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
#### 6 | In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.
#### 7 | I Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:
#### 8 | For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.
#### 9 | Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits :
#### 10 | And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.
#### 11 | My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:
#### 12 | For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.
#### 13 | Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:
#### 14 | The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:
#### 15 | She is more precious than all riches : and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
#### 16 | Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
#### 17 | Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.
#### 18 | She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.
#### 19 | The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.
#### 20 | By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew
#### 21 | My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:
#### 22 | And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.
#### 23 | Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:
#### 24 | If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
#### 25 | Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.
#### 26 | For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.
#### 27 | Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.
#### 28 | Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.
#### 29 | Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.
#### 30 | Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.
#### 31 | Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:
#### 32 | For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.
#### 33 | Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.
#### 34 | He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.
#### 35 | The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.

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