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Proverbs 3:9-18
Common English Bible
Proverbs 3:9-18
Common English Bible
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the first of all your crops.
10 Then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will burst with wine.
11 Don’t reject the instruction of the Lord, my son;
don’t despise his correction.
12 The Lord loves those he corrects,
just like a father who treats his son with favor.
Value of wisdom
13 Happy are those who find wisdom
and those who gain understanding.
14 Her profit is better than silver,
and her gain better than gold.
15 Her value exceeds pearls;
all you desire can’t compare with her.
16 In her right hand is a long life;
in her left are wealth and honor.
17 Her ways are pleasant;
all her paths are peaceful.
18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
those who hold her tight are happy.
Proverbs 3:9-18
New International Version
Proverbs 3:9-18
New International Version
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(B) to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.(C)
11 My son,(D) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(E)
and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(F)
as a father the son he delights in.[a](G)
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.(H)
15 She is more precious than rubies;(I)
nothing you desire can compare with her.(J)
16 Long life is in her right hand;(K)
in her left hand are riches and honor.(L)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.(M)
18 She is a tree of life(N) to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.(O)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child
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