Douay Rheims Bible

Proverbs 2

The Proverbs

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Chapter 3

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  My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.  

 

 

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  For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.  

 

 

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3


 

  Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:  

 

 

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4


 

  And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men.  

 

 

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5


 

  Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.  

 

 

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6


 

  In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.  

 

 

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7


 

  I Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:  

 

 

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8


 

  For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.  

 

 

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9


 

  Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits :  

 

 

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10


 

  And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.  

 

 

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11


 

  My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:  

 

 

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12


 

  For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.  

 

 

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13


 

  Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:  

 

 

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14


 

  The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:  

 

 

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15


 

  She is more precious than all riches : and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.  

 

 

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16


 

  Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.  

 

 

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17


 

  Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.  

 

 

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18


 

  She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.  

 

 

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19


 

  The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.  

 

 

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20


 

  By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew  

 

 

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21


 

  My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:  

 

 

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22


 

  And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.  

 

 

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23


 

  Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:  

 

 

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24


 

  If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.  

 

 

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25


 

  Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.  

 

 

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26


 

  For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.  

 

 

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27


 

  Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.  

 

 

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28


 

  Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.  

 

 

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29


 

  Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.  

 

 

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30


 

  Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.  

 

 

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31


 

  Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:  

 

 

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32


 

  For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.  

 

 

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33


 

  Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.  

 

 

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34


 

  He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.  

 

 

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35


 

  The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.  

 

 

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Proverbs 4

 

 

 

 

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