The fear of the Lord(A) is pure,
    enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
    and all of them are righteous.(B)

10 They are more precious than gold,(C)
    than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,(D)
    than honey from the honeycomb.(E)

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103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey(A) to my mouth!(B)
104 I gain understanding(C) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.(D)

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11 My son,(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(C)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](D)

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.(E)
15 She is more precious than rubies;(F)
    nothing you desire can compare with her.(G)
16 Long life is in her right hand;(H)
    in her left hand are riches and honor.(I)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(A) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly[a](B) with your God.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:8 Or prudently

28 “Come to me,(A) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.(B) 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,(C) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(D) 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”(E)

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They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.(A)

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10 Now then, why do you try to test God(A) by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke(B) that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

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But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(A) there will be wrath and anger.(B)

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By no means! We are those who have died to sin;(A) how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized(B) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death(C) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(D) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.(E)

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11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin(A) but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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19 “For through the law I died to the law(A) so that I might live for God.(B) 20 I have been crucified with Christ(C) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(D) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(E) who loved me(F) and gave himself for me.(G)

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Freedom in Christ

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(A) Stand firm,(B) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(C)

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In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(A) And his commands are not burdensome,(B) for everyone born of God(C) overcomes(D) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

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