{"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/ylt/proverbs/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:14:24.814Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And filled are thy barns with plenty, And with new wine thy presses break forth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For better is her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold — her increase."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Length of days is in her right hand, In her left are wealth and honour."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"For an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 3 (YLT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 3](https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/3 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}