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Proverbs 3 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:2 - for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:3 - Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:4 - so shalt thou find favour: [fn]and do thou [fn]provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5 - Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6 - In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly [fn]direct thy paths.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:7 - Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:8 - Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 - Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:10 - that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - [fn]My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.
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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13 - Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:14 - For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 - And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16 - For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:17 - Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:18 - She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 - God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son, let them not [fn]pass from thee, but keep my counsel and understanding:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:22 - that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:23 - that thou mayest go confidently in peace in all thy ways, and that thy foot may not stumble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:24 - For if thou [fn]rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:25 - And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:26 - For the Lord shall be over all thy ways, and shall establish thy foot that thou be not moved.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27 - Forbear not to do good to the poor, whensoever thy hand may have power to help him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28 - Say not, Come back another time, to-morrow I will give; while thou art able to do him good: for thou knowest not what the next day will bring forth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Devise not evil against thy friend, living near thee and trusting in thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do thee some harm.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:32 - For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:33 - The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:34 - [fn]The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:35 - The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted their own dishonour.
BES Footnotes
Alex. + 'and write them on the table of thine heart.'
Gr. divide. See 2 Tim 2:13.
Gr. sit down.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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