Proverbs 3
1My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes:
2For they shal prolong the dayes and yeres of thy lyfe, and bryng thee peace.
3Let mercie and faithfulnesse neuer go from thee: binde them about thy necke, and write them in the tables of thyne heart:
4So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.
5Put thy trust in God with all thine heart: & leane not vnto thine owne wit:
6In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall order thy goynges.
7Be not wise in thine owne conceipt: but feare the Lorde, and depart from euyll:
8So shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones strong.
9Honour the Lorde with thy substaunce, and with the firstlynges of all thyne encrease:
10So shall thy barnes be filled with plenteousnesse, and thy presses shall flowe ouer with sweete wine.
11My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art corrected of hym:
12For whom the Lorde loueth, him he chasteneth, and yet deliteth in him, euen as a father in his owne sonne.
13Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:
14For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof [is better] then golde.
15She is more worth then pretious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
16In her right hande is long life, and in her left hande riches and honour.
17For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie.
18The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day.
19But the way of the vngodly is as the darkenesse, they knowe not where they fall.
20My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges:
21Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart:
22For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes.
23Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe.
24Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.
25Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee.
26Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright.
27Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll.