Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,
for they will prolong your life many years(C)
    and bring you peace and prosperity.(D)

Let love and faithfulness(E) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(F)
Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.(G)

Trust in the Lord(H) with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths(I) straight.[a](J)

Do not be wise in your own eyes;(K)
    fear the Lord(L) and shun evil.(M)
This will bring health to your body(N)
    and nourishment to your bones.(O)

Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(P) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(Q) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(R)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:6 Or will direct your paths

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

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.

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17 I love those who love me,(A)
    and those who seek me find me.(B)

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17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

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32 “Now then, my children, listen(A) to me;
    blessed are(B) those who keep my ways.(C)

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32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

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Saying 14

15 My son, if your heart is wise,
    then my heart will be glad indeed;

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15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

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16 my inmost being will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.(A)

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16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

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24 The father of a righteous child has great joy;
    a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.(A)

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24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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25 May your father and mother rejoice;
    may she who gave you birth be joyful!(A)

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25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,(A)
    but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.(B)

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Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,(A)
    but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.(B)

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Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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