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Proverbs 3:1-2
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Proverbs 3:1-2
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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
Proverbs 3:1-2
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Proverbs 3:1-2
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Trust the Lord
3 My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands;(A)
2 for they will bring you
many days, a full life,[a](B) and well-being.(C)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:2 Lit days, years of life
Proverbs 3:1-2
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Proverbs 3:1-2
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3 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
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Proverbs 3:13-18
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Proverbs 3:13-18
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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)
15 She is more precious than rubies;(B)
nothing you desire can compare with her.(C)
16 Long life is in her right hand;(D)
in her left hand are riches and honor.(E)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.(F)
18 She is a tree of life(G) to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.(H)
Proverbs 3:13-18
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Proverbs 3:13-18
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Wisdom Brings Happiness
13 Happy is a man who finds wisdom(A)
and who acquires understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver,
and her revenue is better than gold.(B)
15 She is more precious than jewels;(C)
nothing you desire compares with her.(D)
16 Long life[a] is in her right hand;
in her left, riches and honor.(E)
17 Her ways are pleasant,(F)
and all her paths, peaceful.
18 She is a tree of life(G) to those who embrace her,
and those who hold on to her are happy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:16 Lit Length of days
Proverbs 3:13-18
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Proverbs 3:13-18
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13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
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Proverbs 6:23
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Proverbs 6:23
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Proverbs 6:23
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Proverbs 6:23
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Proverbs 6:23
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Proverbs 6:23
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23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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Proverbs 8:35
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Proverbs 8:35
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Proverbs 8:35
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Proverbs 8:35
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Proverbs 8:35
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Proverbs 8:35
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35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
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Proverbs 10:17
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Proverbs 10:17
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17 Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,(A)
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
Proverbs 10:17
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Proverbs 10:17
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17 The one who follows instruction is on the path to life,
but the one who rejects correction goes astray.(A)
Proverbs 10:17
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Proverbs 10:17
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17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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Proverbs 11:19
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Proverbs 11:19
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Proverbs 11:19
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Proverbs 11:19
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Proverbs 11:19
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Proverbs 11:19
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19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
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Proverbs 11:30
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Proverbs 11:30
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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
and the one who is wise saves lives.
Proverbs 11:30
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Proverbs 11:30
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- Proverbs 11:30 LXX, Syr; MT reads but a wise one
Proverbs 11:30
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Proverbs 11:30
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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
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Proverbs 12:28
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Proverbs 12:28
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28 In the way of righteousness there is life;(A)
along that path is immortality.
Proverbs 12:28
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Proverbs 12:28
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- Proverbs 12:28 Or righteousness, and in its path there is no death
Proverbs 12:28
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Proverbs 12:28
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28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
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Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 15:4
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- Proverbs 15:4 Lit but crookedness in it
Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 15:4
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4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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