New American Standard Bible 2020

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 a 5goodH2896 6reputationH7922 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;10Then 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 rebukeH8433,12For 22whomH834 the LordH3068 lovesH157 He disciplinesH3198, Just 23as a fatherH1 disciplines the sonH1121 in whom he delightsH7521.

13 24BlessedH835 is a personH120 who findsH4672 wisdomH2451, And oneH120 who obtainsH6329 understandingH8394.14For 25her 26profitH5504 is betterH2896 thanH4480 the profitH5504 of silverH3701, And her produceH8393 better thanH4480 goldH2742.15She is 27moreH4480 preciousH3368 thanH4480 28jewelsH6443, And nothingH3605 H3808 you desireH2656 comparesH7737 with her.16 29 30LongH753 lifeH3117 is in her rightH3225 handH3225; In her leftH8040 handH8040 are 31richesH6239 and honorH3519.17Her 32waysH1870 are pleasantH5278 waysH1870, And allH3605 her pathsH5410 are 33peaceH7965.18She is a 34treeH6086 of lifeH2425 to those who takeH2388 holdH2388 of her, And happyH833 are those who holdH8551 on to her.19The LordH3068 foundedH3245 the earthH776 35by wisdomH2451, He 36establishedH3559 the heavensH8064 by understandingH8394.20By His knowledgeH1847 the 37oceanH8415 depthsH8415 were burstH1234 openH1234, And the 38cloudsH7834 dripH7491 with dewH2919.21My sonH1121, see that 39they do not escapeH3868 from your sightH5869; ComplyH5341 withH5341 soundH8454 wisdomH8454 and discretionH4209,22And 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 I.e., the profit from Wisdom (personified) ↩
26. Proverbs 3:14 Job 28:15-19; Prov 8:10, 19; 16:16 ↩
27. Proverbs 3:15 Job 28:18; Prov 8:11 ↩
28. Proverbs 3:15 Lit corals ↩
29. Proverbs 3:16 Lit Length of days ↩
30. Proverbs 3:16 Prov 3:2 ↩
31. Proverbs 3:16 Prov 8:18; 22:4 ↩
32. Proverbs 3:17 Matt 11:29 ↩
33. Proverbs 3:17 Ps 119:165; Prov 16:7 ↩
34. Proverbs 3:18 Gen 2:9; Prov 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Rev 2:7 ↩
35. Proverbs 3:19 Ps 104:24; Prov 8:27 ↩
36. Proverbs 3:19 Prov 8:27, 28 ↩
37. Proverbs 3:20 Gen 7:11 ↩
38. Proverbs 3:20 Deut 33:28; Job 36:28 ↩
39. Proverbs 3:21 Prov 4:21 ↩
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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