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Proverbs 3 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:2 - For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:3 - Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:4 - And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5 - Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6 - In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:7 - Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:8 - Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 - Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:10 - And filled are thy barns with plenty, And with new wine thy presses break forth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13 - O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:14 - For better is her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 - Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16 - Length of days is in her right hand, In her left are wealth and honour.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:17 - Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:18 - A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 - Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:22 - And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:23 - Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:24 - If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:25 - Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:26 - For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27 - Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28 - Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:32 - For an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:33 - The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:34 - If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:35 - Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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