Proverbs 3
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Proverbs 3:1-18

1My son, 1do not forget my 2teaching, But have your heart 3comply with my commandments;2For 4length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.3Do not let 5kindness and truth leave you; 6Bind them around your neck, 7Write them on the tablet of your heart.4So you will 8find favor and a 9good 10reputation In the sight of God and man.511Trust in the Lord with all your heart And 12do not lean on your own understanding.6In all your ways 13acknowledge Him, And He will 14make your paths straight.715Do not be wise in your own eyes; 16Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.8It will be 17healing to your 18body And 19refreshment to your bones.920Honor the Lord from your wealth, And from the 21first of all your produce;10Then your 22barns will be filled with plenty, And your 23vats will overflow with new wine.1124My son, do not reject the 25discipline of the Lord Or loathe His rebuke,12For 26whom the Lord loves He disciplines, Just 27as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

1328Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding.14For 29her 30profit is better than the profit of silver, And her produce better than gold.15She is 31more precious than 32jewels, And nothing you desire compares with her.163334Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are 35riches and honor.17Her 36ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are 37peace.18She is a 38tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are those who hold on to her.

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  1. 1. Proverbs 3:1 Ps 119:61; Prov 4:5 ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 3:1 Or law ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 3:1 Ex 20:6; Deut 30:16 ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 3:2 Ps 91:16; Prov 3:16; 4:10; 9:11; 10:27 ↩
  5. 5. Proverbs 3:3 2 Sam 15:20; Prov 14:22 ↩
  6. 6. Proverbs 3:3 Deut 6:8; 11:18; Prov 1:9; 6:21 ↩
  7. 7. Proverbs 3:3 Prov 7:3; Jer 17:1; 2 Cor 3:3 ↩
  8. 8. Proverbs 3:4 1 Sam 2:26; Prov 8:35; Luke 2:52 ↩
  9. 9. Proverbs 3:4 Ps 111:10 ↩
  10. 10. Proverbs 3:4 Lit understanding ↩
  11. 11. Proverbs 3:5 Ps 37:3, 5; Prov 22:19 ↩
  12. 12. Proverbs 3:5 Prov 23:4; Jer 9:23 ↩
  13. 13. Proverbs 3:6 1 Chr 28:9; Prov 16:3; Phil 4:6; James 1:5 ↩
  14. 14. Proverbs 3:6 Is 45:13; Jer 10:23 ↩
  15. 15. Proverbs 3:7 Rom 12:16 ↩
  16. 16. Proverbs 3:7 Job 1:1; 28:28; Prov 8:13; 16:6 ↩
  17. 17. Proverbs 3:8 Prov 4:22 ↩
  18. 18. Proverbs 3:8 Lit navel ↩
  19. 19. Proverbs 3:8 Job 21:24 ↩
  20. 20. Proverbs 3:9 Is 43:23 ↩
  21. 21. Proverbs 3:9 Ex 23:19; Deut 26:2; Mal 3:10 ↩
  22. 22. Proverbs 3:10 Deut 28:8 ↩
  23. 23. Proverbs 3:10 Joel 2:24 ↩
  24. 24. Proverbs 3:11 Job 5:17; Heb 12:5, 6 ↩
  25. 25. Proverbs 3:11 Or instruction ↩
  26. 26. Proverbs 3:12 Rev 3:19 ↩
  27. 27. Proverbs 3:12 Deut 8:5; Prov 13:24 ↩
  28. 28. Proverbs 3:13 Prov 8:32, 34 ↩
  29. 29. Proverbs 3:14 I.e., the profit from Wisdom (personified) ↩
  30. 30. Proverbs 3:14 Job 28:15-19; Prov 8:10, 19; 16:16 ↩
  31. 31. Proverbs 3:15 Job 28:18; Prov 8:11 ↩
  32. 32. Proverbs 3:15 Lit corals ↩
  33. 33. Proverbs 3:16 Lit Length of days ↩
  34. 34. Proverbs 3:16 Prov 3:2 ↩
  35. 35. Proverbs 3:16 Prov 8:18; 22:4 ↩
  36. 36. Proverbs 3:17 Matt 11:29 ↩
  37. 37. Proverbs 3:17 Ps 119:165; Prov 16:7 ↩
  38. 38. Proverbs 3:18 Gen 2:9; Prov 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Rev 2:7 ↩

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