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3:1  My son, don’t forget my teaching, keep my commands in your heart;
3:2  for they will add to you many days, years of life and peace.
3:3  Do not let grace and truth leave you — bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
3:4  Then you will win favor and esteem in the sight of God and of people.
3:5  Trust in Adonai with all your heart; do not rely on your own understanding.
3:6  In all your ways acknowledge him; then he will level your paths.
3:7  Don’t be conceited about your own wisdom; but fear Adonai, and turn from evil.
3:8  This will bring health to your body and give strength to your bones.
3:9  Honor Adonai with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your income.
3:10  Then your granaries will be filled and your vats overflow with new wine.
3:11  My son, don’t despise Adonai’s discipline or resent his reproof;
3:12  for Adonai corrects those he loves like a father who delights in his son.
3:13  Happy the person who finds wisdom, the person who acquires understanding;
3:14  for her profit exceeds that of silver, gaining her is better than gold,
3:15  she is more precious than pearls — nothing you want can compare with her.
3:16  Long life is in her right hand, riches and honor in her left.
3:17  Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
3:18  She is a tree of life to those who grasp her; whoever holds fast to her will be made happy.
3:19  Adonai by wisdom founded the earth, by understanding he established the heavens,
3:20  by his knowledge the deep [springs] burst open and the dew condenses from the sky.
3:21  My son, don’t let these slip from your sight; preserve common sense and discretion;
3:22  they will be life for your being and grace for your neck.
3:23  Then you will walk your way securely, without hurting your foot.
3:24  When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
3:25  Don’t be afraid of sudden terror or destruction caused by the wicked, when it comes;
3:26  for you can rely on Adonai; he will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.
3:27  Don’t withhold good from someone entitled to it when you have in hand the power to do it.
3:28  Don’t tell your neighbor, “Go away! Come another time; I’ll give it to you tomorrow,” when you have it now.
3:29  Don’t plan harm against your neighbor who lives beside you trustingly.
3:30  Don’t quarrel with someone for no reason, if he has done you no harm.
3:31  Don’t envy a man of violence, don’t choose any of his ways;
3:32  for the perverse is an abomination to Adonai, but he shares his secret counsel with the upright.
3:33  Adonai’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
3:34  The scornful he scorns, but gives grace to the humble.
3:35  The wise win honor, but fools win shame.