Young's Literal Translation: Proverbs Page 3

2:17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

2:18 For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

2:19 None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

2:20 That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

2:21 For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,

2:22 And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!

3:1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

3:2 For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

3:3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

3:4 And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

3:5 Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

3:6 In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

3:8 Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.

3:9 Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

3:10 And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth.

3:11 Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

3:12 For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

3:13 O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.

3:14 For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.

3:15 Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

3:16 Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour.

3:17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.

3:18 A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.

3:19 Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

3:20 By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.