31My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:+2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.+3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:+4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.+5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.+6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.+7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.+8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.+9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:+10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.+11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:+12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son
in whom he delighteth.+
The Blessings of Wisdom
13Happy
is the man
that findeth wisdom, and the man
that getteth understanding.+14For the merchandise of it
is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.+15She
is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.+16Length of days
is in her right hand;
and in her left hand riches and honour.+17Her ways
are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace.+18She
is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy
is every one that retaineth her.+19The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.+20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.+21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:+22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.+23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.+24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.+25Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.+26For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.+27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do
it.+28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.+29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.+30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.+31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.+32For the froward
is abomination to the LORD: but his secret
is with the righteous.+33The curse of the LORD
is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.+34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.+35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.+
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