Pr 3 (King James)

   ¹ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: ² For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. ³ Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: ⁴ So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. ⁵ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
   ⁷ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. ⁸ It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. ⁹ Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: ¹⁰ So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. ¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: ¹² For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
   ¹³ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. ¹⁴ For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. ¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. ¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. ¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. ¹⁹ The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. ²⁰ By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
   ²¹ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: ²² So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. ²³ Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. ²⁴ When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. ²⁵ Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. ²⁶ For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
   ²⁷ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. ²⁸ Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. ²⁹ Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. ³⁰ Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. ³¹ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. ³² For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. ³³ The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. ³⁴ Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. ³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Pr 3 (Vulgate)

   ¹ [Fili mi, ne obliviscaris legis meæ,
et præcepta mea cor tuum custodiat :
   ² longitudinem enim dierum, et annos vitæ, et pacem,
apponent tibi.
   ³ Misericordia et veritas te non deserant ;
circumda eas gutturi tuo,
et describe in tabulis cordis tui :
   ⁴ et invenies gratiam, et disciplinam bonam,
coram Deo et hominibus.
   ⁵ Habe fiduciam in Domino ex toto corde tuo,
et ne innitaris prudentiæ tuæ.
   ⁶ In omnibus viis tuis cogita illum,
et ipse diriget gressus tuos.
   ⁷ Ne sis sapiens apud temetipsum ;
time Deum, et recede a malo :
   ⁸ sanitas quippe erit umbilico tuo,
et irrigatio ossium tuorum.
   ⁹ Honora Dominum de tua substantia,
et de primitiis omnium frugum tuarum da ei :
   ¹⁰ et implebuntur horrea tua saturitate,
et vino torcularia tua redundabunt.]
   ¹¹ [Disciplinam Domini, fili mi, ne abjicias,
nec deficias cum ab eo corriperis :
   ¹² quem enim diligit Dominus, corripit,
et quasi pater in filio complacet sibi.
   ¹³ Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam,
et qui affluit prudentia.
   ¹⁴ Melior est acquisitio ejus negotiatione argenti,
et auri primi et purissimi fructus ejus.
   ¹⁵ Pretiosior est cunctis opibus,
et omnia quæ desiderantur huic non valent comparari.
   ¹⁶ Longitudo dierum in dextera ejus,
et in sinistra illius divitiæ et gloria.
   ¹⁷ Viæ ejus viæ pulchræ,
et omnes semitæ illius pacificæ.
   ¹⁸ Lignum vitæ est his qui apprehenderint eam,
et qui tenuerit eam beatus.
   ¹⁹ Dominus sapientia fundavit terram ;
stabilivit cælos prudentia.
   ²⁰ Sapientia illius eruperunt abyssi,
et nubes rore concrescunt.]
   ²¹ [Fili mi, ne effluant hæc ab oculis tuis.
Custodi legem atque consilium,
   ²² et erit vita animæ tuæ,
et gratia faucibus tuis.
   ²³ Tunc ambulabis fiducialiter in via tua,
et pes tuus non impinget.
   ²⁴ Si dormieris, non timebis ;
quiesces, et suavis erit somnus tuus.
   ²⁵ Ne paveas repentino terrore,
et irruentes tibi potentias impiorum.
   ²⁶ Dominus enim erit in latere tuo,
et custodiet pedem tuum, ne capiaris.]
   ²⁷ [Noli prohibere benefacere eum qui potest :
si vales, et ipse benefac.
   ²⁸ Ne dicas amico tuo : Vade, et revertere : cras dabo tibi :
cum statim possis dare.
   ²⁹ Ne moliaris amico tuo malum,
cum ille in te habeat fiduciam.
   ³⁰ Ne contendas adversus hominem frustra,
cum ipse tibi nihil mali fecerit.
   ³¹ Ne æmuleris hominem injustum,
nec imiteris vias ejus :
   ³² quia abominatio Domini est omnis illusor,
et cum simplicibus sermocinatio ejus.
   ³³ Egestas a Domino in domo impii ;
habitacula autem justorum benedicentur.
   ³⁴ Ipse deludet illusores,
et mansuetis dabit gratiam.
   ³⁵ Gloriam sapientes possidebunt ;
stultorum exaltatio ignominia.]