13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
    those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
    and yields better returns than gold.(A)

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16 Long life is in her right hand;(A)
    in her left hand are riches and honor.(B)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.(C)
18 She is a tree of life(D) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.(E)

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23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(B)

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12 “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
    I possess knowledge and discretion.(A)
13 To fear the Lord(B) is to hate evil;(C)
    I hate(D) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.

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35 For those who find me(A) find life(B)
    and receive favor from the Lord.(C)

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27 The fear of the Lord adds length to life,(A)
    but the years of the wicked are cut short.(B)

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19 Truly the righteous attain life,(A)
    but whoever pursues evil finds death.(B)

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

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28 In the way of righteousness there is life;(A)
    along that path is immortality.

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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

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27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

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The soothing tongue(A) is a tree of life,(B)
    but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.(C)

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24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
    but folly brings punishment to fools.

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21 Whoever pursues righteousness and love
    finds life, prosperity[a](A) and honor.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:21 Or righteousness

Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

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Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(B) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(C) which is in the paradise(D) of God.

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10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you,(A) and you will suffer persecution for ten days.(B) Be faithful,(C) even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.(D)

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The one who is victorious(A) will, like them, be dressed in white.(B) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,(C) but will acknowledge that name before my Father(D) and his angels. Whoever has ears, let them hear(E) what the Spirit says to the churches.

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He said to me: “It is done.(A) I am the Alpha and the Omega,(B) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost(C) from the spring of the water of life.(D)

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24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.(A) 25 On no day will its gates(B) ever be shut,(C) for there will be no night there.(D) 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.(E) 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,(F) but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(G)

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Eden Restored

22 Then the angel showed me the river(A) of the water of life,(B) as clear as crystal,(C) flowing(D) from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life,(E) bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.(F)

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17 The Spirit(A) and the bride(B) say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.(C)

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