{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T21:52:57.453Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Don't be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Don't say to your neighbor, |Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,| when you have it by you."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 3 (WEB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 3](https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/3 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}