Chapter 3
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
forget
1.8 4.5 31.5 Deuteronomy 4.23 Psalms 119.93,153,176 Hosea 4.6
let
Deuteronomy 4.9 6.6-9 8.1 30.16-20 Psalms 119.11,16,34,47,48 Isaiah 51.17 Jeremiah 31.33 John 14.21-24
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
length
16 4.10 9.11 Job 5.26 Psalms 34.11-14 91.16 128.6 Ephesians 6.1-3 1 Timothy 4.8
long life
Heb. years of life.
and peace
17 Psalms 119.165 Isaiah 32.17 57.19-21 Romans 5.1 14.17 15.13
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
mercy
16.6 20.28 2 Samuel 15.20 Psalms 25.10 Hosea 4.1 Micah 7.18-20 Malachi 2.6 Matthew 23.23 Ephesians 5.1,2,9
bind
6.21 7.3 Exodus 13.9 Deuteronomy 6.8 11.18-21 Psalms 119.11
write
Jeremiah 17.1 2 Corinthians 3.3 Hebrews 10.16
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
shalt
Genesis 39.2-4,21 1 Samuel 2.26 Psalms 111.10 Daniel 1.9 Luke 2.52 Acts 2.47 Romans 14.18
good understanding
or, good success.
Joshua 1.7,8 *marg:; Psalms 111.10
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Trust
22.19 Job 13.15 Psalms 37.3,5,7 62.8 115.9-11 125.1 146.3-5 Isaiah 12.2 26.3,4 Jeremiah 17.7,8 Ephesians 1.12
and
7 23.4 28.26 Jeremiah 9.23 10.23 Romans 12.16 1 Corinthians 3.18-20 8.1,2
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
In
16.3 23.17 1 Samuel 4.11,12 30.8 1 Chronicles 28.9 Ezra 7.27 8.22,23 Nehemiah 1.11 2.4 1 Corinthians 10.31 2 Corinthians 8.16 Philippians 4.6 Colossians 3.17,23
and
16.9 Psalms 25.8,9 32.8 Isaiah 30.21 48.17 Jeremiah 10.23 James 1.5
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Be
26.12 Isaiah 5.21 Romans 11.25 12.16
fear
14.27 16.6 Nehemiah 5.15 Job 1.1 28.28 Psalms 34.11-14 Ecclesiastes 12.13
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
shall
4.22 16.24 Psalms 147.3 Isaiah 1.6 Jeremiah 30.12,13
health
Heb. medicine. thy.
marrow
Heb. watering, or moistening.
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
14.31 Genesis 14.18-21 28.22 Exodus 22.29 23.19 34.26 35.20-29 Numbers 7.2-89 31.50-54 Deuteronomy 26.2-15 Haggai 1.4-9 Malachi 3.8,9 Mark 14.7,8,10-21 Luke 14.13,14 1 Corinthians 16.2 2 Corinthians 8.2,3,8,9 Philippians 4.17,18 1 John 3.17,18
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
11.24,25 19.17 22.9 Leviticus 26.2-5 Deuteronomy 28.8 Ecclesiastes 11.1,2 Haggai 2.19 Malachi 3.10,11 Matthew 10.42 2 Corinthians 9.6-11
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
My
Job 5.17 Psalms 94.12 1 Corinthians 11.32 Hebrews 12.5,6 Revelation 3.19
neither
24.10 Job 4.5 Isaiah 40.30,31 2 Corinthians 4.1,16,17 Hebrews 12.3,7-12
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
29.17 Deuteronomy 8.5 Psalms 103.13
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
is the
4.5-9 8.32-35 1 Kings 10.1-9,23,24 Ecclesiastes 9.15-18
getteth
Heb. draweth out.
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
2.4 8.10,11,19 16.16 2 Chronicles 1.11,12 Job 28.13-19 Psalms 119.72,111,162 Matthew 16.26 Philippians 3.8,9 Revelation 3.18
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
more
8.11 20.15 31.10 Matthew 13.44-46
all
Psalms 63.3 73.25,26 Romans 8.18
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Length
2 4.10 Psalms 21.4 71.9 1 Timothy 4.8
and
4.6-9 8.18-21 1 Kings 3.13 Mark 10.30 1 Corinthians 3.21-23 2 Corinthians 6.10
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
ways of
2.10 22.18 Psalms 19.10,11 63.3-5 112.1 119.14,47,103,174 Matthew 11.28-30
all
Psalms 25.10 37.11 119.165 Isaiah 26.3 57.19 Luke 1.79 Romans 5.1 Philippians 4.8,9
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
11.30 13.12 Genesis 2.9 3.22 Revelation 22.2
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Lord
8.27-29 Psalms 104.24 136.5 Jeremiah 10.12 51.15 John 1.3
established
or, prepared.
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
the depths
Genesis 1.9 7.11 Job 38.8-11 Psalms 104.8,9
the clouds
Genesis 27.28,37-39 Deuteronomy 33.28 Job 36.27,28 38.26-28 Psalms 65.9-12 Jeremiah 14.22 Joel 2.23
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
let
1-3 Deuteronomy 4.9 6.6-9 Joshua 1.8 John 8.31 15.6,7 Hebrews 2.1-3 1 John 2.24,27
keep
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
life
4.22 Isaiah 38.16 John 12.49,50
grace
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
2.8 4.12 10.9 Psalms 37.23,24,31 91.11 121.3,8 Zechariah 10.12
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
liest
6.22 Leviticus 26.6 Psalms 3.5 4.8 121.4-7 Ezekiel 34.15
and
Psalms 127.2 Jeremiah 31.26 Acts 12.6 1 Thessalonians 4.13,14
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Be
Job 5.21,22 11.13-15 Psalms 27.1,2 46.1-3 91.5 112.7 Isaiah 8.12,13 Isaiah 41.10-14 Daniel 3.17,18 Matthew 8.24-26 24.6 Mark 4.40 Luke 21.9 John 14.1 1 Peter 3.14
neither
1.27 Psalms 73.19 Matthew 24.15 Luke 21.18-28
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Lord
14.26 Psalms 91.3,9,10 Habakkuk 3.17,18
shall keep
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Withhold
Romans 13.7 Galatians 6.10 Titus 2.14 James 2.15,16 5.4
them to whom it is due
Heb. the owners thereof. in the.
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
27.1 Leviticus 19.13 Deuteronomy 24.12-15 Ecclesiastes 9.10 11.6 2 Corinthians 8.11 9.3 1 Timothy 6.18
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Devise not evil
or, Practise no evil.
6.14,18 16.29,30 Psalms 35.20 55.20 59.3 Jeremiah 18.18-20 Micah 2.1,2
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
17.14 18.6 25.8,9 29.22 Matthew 5.39-41 Romans 12.18-21 1 Corinthians 6.6-8 2 Timothy 2.24
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Envy
23.17 24.1,19,20 Psalms 37.1,7-9 73.3 Galatians 5.21
the oppressor
Heb. a man of violence.
choose
1.15-18 2.12-15 12.12 22.22-25
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
the froward
6.6-19 8.13 11.20 17.15 Psalms 18.26 Luke 16.15
his
14.10 Psalms 25.14 Matthew 11.25 13.11 John 14.21-24 15.15 Revelation 2.17
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
curse
21.12 Leviticus 26.14-46 Deuteronomy 7.26 28.15-68 29.19-29 Joshua 6.18 7.13 Psalms 37.22 Zechariah 5.3,4 Malachi 2.2
he blesseth
Deuteronomy 28.2-14 2 Samuel 6.11 Job 8.6,7 Psalms 1.3 91.10
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
he scorneth
9.7,8,12 19.29 21.24 Psalms 138.6
he giveth
Isaiah 57.15 James 4.6 1 Peter 5.5
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
wise
4.8 1 Samuel 2.30 Psalms 73.24
but
13.8 Psalms 132.18 Isaiah 65.13-15 Daniel 12.2,3
shall be the promotion of fools
Heb. exalteth the fools.