Let love and faithfulness(A) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(B)
Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.(C)

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Do not be wise in your own eyes;(A)
    fear the Lord(B) and shun evil.(C)
This will bring health to your body(D)
    and nourishment to your bones.(E)

Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(F) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(G) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(H)

11 My son,(I) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(J)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(K)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](L)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

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