Proverbs

Geneva: My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

Geneva: For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.

Geneva: Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.

Geneva: So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.

Geneva: Trust in the Lorde with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.

Geneva: In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.

Geneva: Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.

Geneva: So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.

Geneva: Honour the Lorde with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.

Geneva: So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.

Geneva: My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

Geneva: For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

Geneva: Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

Geneva: For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.

Geneva: It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

Geneva: Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

Geneva: Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.

Geneva: She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.

Geneva: The Lorde by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.

Geneva: By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.

Geneva: My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

Geneva: So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.

Geneva: Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.

Geneva: If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.

Geneva: Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.

Geneva: For the Lorde shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.

Geneva: Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.

Geneva: Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.

Geneva: Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.

Geneva: Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.

Geneva: Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.

Geneva: For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

Geneva: The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Geneva: With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.

Geneva: The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.