New American Standard Bible 1995

Proverbs 3:3-22

3Do not let 1kindnessH2617 and truthH571 leaveH5800 you; 2BindH7194 them aroundH5921 your neckH1621, 3WriteH3789 them on the tabletH3871 of your heartH3820.4So you will 4findH4672 favorH2580 and 5goodH2896 6reputeH7922 In the sightH5869 of GodH430 and manH120.5 7TrustH982 in the LordH3068 with allH3605 your heartH3820 And 8do not leanH8172 on your own understandingH998.6In allH3605 your waysH1870 9acknowledgeH3045 Him, And He will 10makeH3474 your pathsH734 straightH3474.7 11Do not be wiseH2450 in your own eyesH5869; 12FearH3372 the LordH3068 and turnH5493 awayH5493 from evilH7451.8It will be 13healingH7500 to your 14bodyH8270 And 15refreshmentH8250 to your bonesH6106.9 16HonorH3513 the LordH3068 from your wealthH1952 And from the 17firstH7225 of allH3605 your produceH8393;10So your 18barnsH618 will be filledH4390 with plentyH7647 And your 19vatsH3342 will overflowH6555 with newH8492 wineH8492.11 20My sonH1121, do not rejectH3988 the 21disciplineH4148 of the LordH3068 Or loatheH6973 His reproofH8433,12For 22whomH834 the LordH3068 lovesH157 He reprovesH3198, Even 23as a fatherH1 corrects the sonH1121 in whom he delightsH7521.

13 24How blessedH835 is the manH120 who findsH4672 wisdomH2451 And the manH120 who gainsH6329 understandingH8394.14For her 25profitH5504 is betterH2896 thanH4480 the profitH5504 of silverH3701 And her gainH8393 better thanH4480 fine goldH2742.15She is 26moreH4480 preciousH3368 thanH4480 27jewelsH6443; And nothingH3605 H3808 you desireH2656 comparesH7737 with her.16 28 29LongH753 lifeH3117 is in her rightH3225 handH3225; In her leftH8040 handH8040 are 30richesH6239 and honorH3519.17Her 31waysH1870 are pleasantH5278 waysH1870 And allH3605 her pathsH5410 are 32peaceH7965.18She is a 33treeH6086 of lifeH2425 to those who takeH2388 holdH2388 of her, And happyH833 are all who holdH8551 her fastH8551.19The LordH3068 34by wisdomH2451 foundedH3245 the earthH776, By understandingH8394 He 35establishedH3559 the heavensH8064.20By His knowledgeH1847 the 36deepsH8415 were brokenH1234 up And the 37skiesH7834 dripH7491 with dewH2919.21My sonH1121, 38let them not 39vanishH3868 from your sightH5869; KeepH5341 soundH8454 wisdomH8454 and discretionH4209,22So they will be 40lifeH2425 to your soulH5315 And 41adornmentH2580 to your neckH1621.

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Notes

1. Proverbs 3:3 2 Sam 15:20; Prov 14:22 ↩
2. Proverbs 3:3 Deut 6:8; 11:18; Prov 1:9; 6:21 ↩
3. Proverbs 3:3 Prov 7:3; Jer 17:1; 2 Cor 3:3 ↩
4. Proverbs 3:4 1 Sam 2:26; Prov 8:35; Luke 2:52 ↩
5. Proverbs 3:4 Ps 111:10 ↩
6. Proverbs 3:4 Lit understanding ↩
7. Proverbs 3:5 Ps 37:3, 5; Prov 22:19 ↩
8. Proverbs 3:5 Prov 23:4; Jer 9:23 ↩
9. Proverbs 3:6 1 Chr 28:9; Prov 16:3; Phil 4:6; James 1:5 ↩
10. Proverbs 3:6 Is 45:13; Jer 10:23 ↩
11. Proverbs 3:7 Rom 12:16 ↩
12. Proverbs 3:7 Job 1:1; 28:28; Prov 8:13; 16:6 ↩
13. Proverbs 3:8 Prov 4:22 ↩
14. Proverbs 3:8 Lit navel ↩
15. Proverbs 3:8 Job 21:24 ↩
16. Proverbs 3:9 Is 43:23 ↩
17. Proverbs 3:9 Ex 23:19; Deut 26:2; Mal 3:10 ↩
18. Proverbs 3:10 Deut 28:8 ↩
19. Proverbs 3:10 Joel 2:24 ↩
20. Proverbs 3:11 Job 5:17; Heb 12:5, 6 ↩
21. Proverbs 3:11 Or instruction ↩
22. Proverbs 3:12 Rev 3:19 ↩
23. Proverbs 3:12 Deut 8:5; Prov 13:24 ↩
24. Proverbs 3:13 Prov 8:32, 34 ↩
25. Proverbs 3:14 Job 28:15-19; Prov 8:10, 19; 16:16 ↩
26. Proverbs 3:15 Job 28:18; Prov 8:11 ↩
27. Proverbs 3:15 Lit corals ↩
28. Proverbs 3:16 Lit Length of days ↩
29. Proverbs 3:16 Prov 3:2 ↩
30. Proverbs 3:16 Prov 8:18; 22:4 ↩
31. Proverbs 3:17 Matt 11:29 ↩
32. Proverbs 3:17 Ps 119:165; Prov 16:7 ↩
33. Proverbs 3:18 Gen 2:9; Prov 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Rev 2:7 ↩
34. Proverbs 3:19 Ps 104:24; Prov 8:27 ↩
35. Proverbs 3:19 Prov 8:27, 28 ↩
36. Proverbs 3:20 Gen 7:11 ↩
37. Proverbs 3:20 Deut 33:28; Job 36:28 ↩
38. Proverbs 3:21 Prov 4:21 ↩
39. Proverbs 3:21 Lit depart ↩
40. Proverbs 3:22 Deut 32:47; Prov 4:22; 8:35; 16:22; 21:21 ↩
41. Proverbs 3:22 Prov 1:9 ↩

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