# Proverbs 3

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/3

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. My son, do not forget my teaching, and let your heart keep my commandments.
2. For they will add length of days, years of life, and peace to you.
3. Do not let unfailing love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
4. You will find favor and good sense in the eyes of God and people.
5. Place your trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
6. Know him in all your ways, and he will straighten your paths.
7. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Yahweh and turn from evil.
8. It will be healing to your body and marrow to your bones.
9. Honor Yahweh with your wealth and with the first of all your produce.
10. Your barns will be filled with abundance, and your winepresses will burst with new wine.
11. My son, do not despise Yahweh's chastening, nor resent his correction.
12. For whom Yahweh loves, he chastens—even as a father the son in whom he delights.
13. Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding.
14. For her profit is better than silver's profit, and her revenue better than refined gold.
15. She is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire equals her.
16. Length of days is in her right hand; riches and honor in her left.
17. Her ways are ways of delight, and all her paths are peace.
18. She is a tree of life to those who grasp her, and blessed are those who uphold her.
19. Yahweh founded the earth by wisdom; by understanding he established the heavens.
20. By his knowledge the depths broke open, and the clouds drip dew.
21. My son, do not let them depart from your eyes; guard sound wisdom and prudence.
22. They will be life to your soul and favor to your neck.
23. Then you will walk securely on your path, and your foot will not stumble.
24. When you lie down, you will not be afraid, and when you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.
25. Do not fear sudden terror, nor the destruction of the wicked when it comes.
26. For Yahweh will be your confidence and will guard your foot from capture.
27. Do not withhold good from its owners when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28. Do not say to your neighbor, to your companion, "Go and come back tomorrow; I will give it," when you have it with you.
29. Do not plot evil against your neighbor while he dwells securely beside you.
30. Do not quarrel with a man causelessly if he has not repaid you evil.
31. Do not envy a violent man, nor choose any of his ways.
32. For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his counsel is with the upright.
33. Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
34. He scorns the scoffers, but gives grace to the afflicted and the humble.
35. The wise inherit honor, but shame exalts fools.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/2.md)
[Proverbs 4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/4.md)

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