Sprüche 3

¹My son, forget not my teaching; but let thy heart keep my commandments;
²For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to thee.
³Let not kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thy heart;
⁴So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of God and man.
⁵Trust in the LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.
⁶In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will 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 first-fruits of all thine increase;
¹⁰So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither spurn thou His correction;
¹²For whom the LORD loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
¹³Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth 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; in her left hand are 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 holdest her fast.
¹⁹The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.
²⁰By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies 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 securely, and thou shalt not dash thy foot.
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 terror, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;
²⁶For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being caught.
²⁷Withhold not good from him to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy 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 man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
³²For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD; but His counsel is with the upright.
³³The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
³⁴If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace.
³⁵The wise shall inherit honour; but as for the fools, they carry away shame.

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