Proverbs 3

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart guard my precepts.	1 My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.
2 For they shall set before you length of days, and years of life, and peace.	2 For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.
3 Let not mercy and truth abandon you: encircle them around your throat, and inscribe them on the tablets of your heart.	3 Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:
4 And so shall you discover grace and good discipline, in the sight of God and men.	4 And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men.
5 Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.	5 Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
6 In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.	6 In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.
7 Do not seem wise to yourself. Fear God, and withdraw from evil.	7 I Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:
8 Certainly, it shall be health to your navel, and refreshment to your bones.	8 For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.
9 Honor the Lord with your substance, and give to him from the first of all your fruits,	9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits :
10 and then your storehouses will be filled with abundance, and your presses shall overflow with wine.	10 And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.
11 My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him.	11 My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:
12 For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.	12 For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.
13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom and who advances to prudence.	13 Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:
14 Her acquisition is better than trading in silver, and her fruit is better than the first and purest gold.	14 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:
15 She is more precious than all riches, and all that can be desired cannot prevail in comparison to her.	15 She is more precious than all riches : and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
16 Length of days is at her right hand, and at her left hand is wealth and glory.	16 Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
17 Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceful.	17 Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.
18 She is a tree of life to those who overtake her, and he who shall take hold of her is blessed.	18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.
19 The Lord founded the earth on wisdom. He secured the heavens with prudence.	19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.
20 By his wisdom, the abyss erupted and the clouds increased with dew.	20 By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew
21 My son, let not these things move away from your eyes. Preserve law as well as counsel.	21 My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:
22 And so shall there be life in your soul and grace in your voice.	22 And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.
23 Then you shall walk confidently in your way, and your feet will not stumble.	23 Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:
24 When you slumber, you shall not fear. When you rest, your sleep also will be sweet.	24 If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
25 Do not fear unexpected terror, nor the power of the impious falling upon you.	25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.
26 For the Lord will be at your side, and he will guard your feet, so that you may not be seized.	26 For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.
27 Do not prevent him who is able from doing good. When you are able, do good yourself too.	27 Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.
28 Do not say to your friend: “Go away, and then return. Tomorrow I will give to you.” When you are able to do so, give in the present.	28 Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.
29 Do not undertake evil against your friend, even though he has trust in you.	29 Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.
30 Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you.	30 Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.
31 Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways.	31 Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:
32 For everyone who ridicules is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is for the simple.	32 For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.
33 Destitution in the house of the impious is from the Lord. But the habitations of the just shall be blessed.	33 Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.
34 He will ridicule those who ridicule, but he will bestow grace upon the mild.	34 He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.
35 The wise will possess glory. The exaltation of the foolish is disgraceful.	35 The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.