Proverbs 3:1-12

American Standard Version

3 My son, forget not my ^[a]law;
But let thy heart keep my commandments:
² For length of days, and years of life,
And peace, will they add to thee.
³ Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:
Bind them about thy neck;
Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
⁴ So shalt thou find favor and ^[b]good understanding
In the sight of God and man.
⁵ Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,
And lean not upon thine own understanding:
⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him,
And he will ^[c]direct thy paths.
⁷ Be not wise in thine own eyes;
Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
⁸ It will be health to thy navel,
And ^[d]marrow to thy bones.
⁹ Honor Jehovah with thy substance,
And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:
¹⁰ So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
¹¹ My son, despise not the ^[e]chastening of Jehovah;
Neither be weary of his reproof:
¹² For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth,
Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.