✧My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; ✧2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. ✧3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. ✧4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. ✧5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; ✧6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. ✧7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. ✧8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones. ✧9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest; ✧10then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. ✧11My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; ✧12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
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✧13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
✧14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
✧15She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
✧16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
✧17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
✧18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
✧19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
✧20By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
✧21My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
✧22They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
✧23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
✧24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
✧25Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
✧26for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
✧27Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
✧28Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
✧29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
✧30Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
✧31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
✧32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
✧33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
✧34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
✧35The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.