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 3:13-18
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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 6:23
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Proverbs 8:35
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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 11:19
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Proverbs 11:30
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:30 LXX, Syr; MT reads but a wise one
Proverbs 12:28
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:28 Or righteousness, and in its path there is no death
Proverbs 15:4
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:4 Lit but crookedness in it
Proverbs 16:15
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15 When a king’s face lights up, there is life;
his favor is like a cloud with spring rain.
Proverbs 16:22
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22 Insight is a fountain of life(A) for its possessor,
but the discipline of fools is folly.
Proverbs 18:21
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21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.(A)
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