Proverbs of Solomon - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 783

2-16 PROVERBS.

3--21

And deception in all that they do! 16 And will guard you from women depraved, From the stranger with flattering words, Who abandons the love of her youth, And forgets every law of her GOD; Who allures to the Death in her House! 18 The exhausted are strewn in her paths! All who enter it,-~never return I Nor revisit the pathways of life! ' But you,—~·walk in the path of the good' And keep to the straightforward ways, 2; For the virtuous continue on earth, And upon it the upright remain, 22 While the bad are destroyed from the ground, And from it wrongdoers are pulled. M12 Qzsulix nf a §irium1s iifz. My son! forget never My Laws,

And let your heart store My Commands ;—-— For long days and years to your life, And peace to yourself they will add. ‘ Abandon not Kindness and Truth, But twine as a wreath on your neck, And write on the page of your heart; Then you will find favour and fame, In the sight both of Gon and of men. And trust on the LORD in your heart, And rely not upon your own skill; Acknowledge Him in all your ways, And then He will make your paths smooth. And in your own eyes be not wise, Fear ]EuovA1~1 and turn off from wrong; For it will be health to your nerves, And come like a drink to your bones. ‘ Pay respect to the Loma from your wealth. 9 And the first fruits of all you produce, Then your barns will be tull of your crops, And your stores will be bursting with fruit. ‘ Son, despise not the Lokn who corrects, Nor hate Him because He reproves, For the Loan reproves those whom He loves, Like a father his own darling child! El): ltdlmltlr nf Wdishcm. How happygthe man who finds Wisdoml And the man who Reflection attains! For her cargo is better than silver, And her produce surpasses fine gold l For she is more precious than pearls, And no pleasures are equal to hers! In her Right, is extension of days, In her Left, she has honour and wealth: Her tracks are of pleasantness ways, All her paths are the pathways of peace! Who owns her,-+0wns a Tree giving Life; Who retains her,-—·possesses success! iliulu ®¤n §Fmmh2h tbz Wurlh. IO It I2 16 :8

‘The Loran founded by Wisdom the Earth zo By Intelligence fixed up the Skies, Z! And expanded the Space by His Knowledge, And makes the clouds drop down the showers. 783