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.]