Proverbs 3:1-2
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Trust in the Lord
3 My son, don’t forget my instruction.
Let your heart guard my commands,
2 because they will help you live a long time
and provide you with well-being.
Proverbs 3:13-18
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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 6:23
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23 The commandment is a lamp and instruction a light;
corrective teaching is the path of life.
Proverbs 8:35
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35 Those who find me find life;
they gain favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 10:17
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17 Those who heed instruction are on the way to life,
but those who ignore correction lose their way.
Proverbs 11:19
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19 The righteous are headed toward life,
but those who pursue evil, toward death.
Proverbs 11:30
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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and the wise gather lives.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:30 Or LXX, Syr violence takes lives away
Proverbs 12:28
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28 The way of the righteous leads to life,
but the detestable[a] path leads to death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:28 LXX; MT the path of the trail
Proverbs 15:4
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4 Wholesome speech is a tree of life,
but dishonest talk breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 16:15
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15 There’s life in the light of the king’s face.
His favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.
Proverbs 16:22
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22 One who has insight is a fountain of life,
but the instruction of the foolish is folly.
Proverbs 18:21
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21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
those who love it will eat its fruit.
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