Proverbs 3
1Beni (my son), forget not my torah; 1 but let thine lev keep my mitzvot; 1
2For orekh yamim (length of days), and shnot chayyim, 1 and shalom, shall they add to thee. 1
3Let not chesed and emes forsake thee; 1 bind them about thy neck; 1 write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev; 1
4So shalt thou find chen and seichel tov 1 in the eyes of Elohim and adam. 1
5Trust in Hashem with all thine lev, 1 and lean not unto thine own binah (understanding). 1
6In all thy drakhim acknowledge Him, 1 and He shall make yosher thy orkhot (paths). 1
7Be not chacham in thine own eyes; 1 fear Hashem, and depart from rah. 1
8It shall be rife'ut (health) to thy navel, 1 and marrow to thy atzmot. 1
9Honor Hashem with thy substance, 1 and with the reshit (firstfruit) of all thine increase; 1
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, 1 and thy vats shall burst out with tirosh. 1
11Beni (my son), despise not the musar Hashem; 1 neither be weary of His tokhakhah (reproof); 1
12For whom Hashem loveth, He correcteth; 1 even as an av the ben in whom he delighteth. 1
13Ashrei (happy) is the man that findeth chochmah, 1 and the man that getteth tevunah (understanding). 1
14For the gain of it is better than the gain of kesef, 1 and the increase thereof than fine gold. 1
15She is more precious than peninim (pearls); 1 and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 1
16Orekh yamim is in her right hand; 1 and in her left hand osher and kavod. 1
17Her drakhim are drakhim of pleasantness, 1 and all her netivot (trodden paths) are shalom. 1
18She is an Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life) to them that lay hold upon her; 1 and me'usher (blessed) is every one that holdeth her fast. 1
19Hashem by chochmah hath founded Eretz (Earth); 1 by tevunah (understanding) hath He established Shomayim. 1
20By His da'as (knowledge) the tehomot (oceanic depths) were divided, 1 and the clouds drop down the tal (dew). 1
21Beni (my son), let not them depart from thine eyes; 1 keep sound judgment and mezimah (discretion); 1
22So shall they be chayyim unto thy nefesh, 1 and chen to thy neck. 1
23Then shalt thou walk in thy derech safely, 1 and thy regel shall not stumble. 1
24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; 1 when thou liest down, thy sheynah (sleep) shall be sweet. 1
25Be not afraid of sudden pachad (terror), 1 neither of the desolation of the resha'im (wicked ones), when it cometh. 1
26For Hashem shall be thy confidence, 1 and shall be shomer over thy regel from the snare. 1
27Withhold not tov from them to whom it is due, 1 when it is in the power of thine yad to do it. 1
28Say not unto thy neighbor: 1 Go, and come again, 1 and makhar (tomorrow) I will give; 1 when thou hast it by thee. 1
29Devise not ra'ah against thy re'a, 1 seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 1
30Strive not with adam without cause, 1 if he have done thee no ra'ah. 1
31Envy thou not the ish chamas, 1 and choose none of his drakhim. 1
32For the perverse person is to'avat (detestable) to Hashem; 1 but His sod (secret, intimate counsel) is with the yesharim (upright ones). 1
33The curse of Hashem is in the bais of the rasha; 1 but He puts a bracha on the dwelling of the tzaddikim. 1
34Surely He scorneth the scorners; 1 but He giveth chen (grace, favor) unto the anayim (lowly, humble ones). 1
35The chachamim shall inherit kavod, 1 but shame shall be the promotion of kesilim (fools).