Trust the Lord

My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands;(A)
for they will bring you
many days, a full life,[a](B) and well-being.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:2 Lit days, years of life

The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.[a]
Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;(A)
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.(B)
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:7 Lit man his blemish

A wise heart accepts commands,(A)
but foolish lips will be destroyed.

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15 A fool’s way is right in his own eyes,(A)
but whoever listens to counsel is wise.

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13 A wise son responds to his father’s discipline,
but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.

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13 The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,(A)
but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.(B)

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31 One who[a] listens to life-giving rebukes(A)
will be at home among the wise.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:31 Lit An ear that

10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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16 The one who keeps commands preserves himself;(A)
one who disregards[a] his ways will die.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:16 Or despises, or treats lightly

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