Proverbs 3:9-18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;(A)
10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.(B)
11 Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,
and do not loathe His discipline;(C)
12 for the Lord disciplines the one He loves,
just as a father, the son he delights in.(D)
Wisdom Brings Happiness
13 Happy is a man who finds wisdom(E)
and who acquires understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver,
and her revenue is better than gold.(F)
15 She is more precious than jewels;(G)
nothing you desire compares with her.(H)
16 Long life[a] is in her right hand;
in her left, riches and honor.(I)
17 Her ways are pleasant,(J)
and all her paths, peaceful.
18 She is a tree of life(K) to those who embrace her,
and those who hold on to her are happy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:16 Lit Length of days
Luke 7:36-50
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Much Forgiveness, Much Love
36 Then one of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.(A) 37 And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house.(B) She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil 38 and stood behind Him at His feet, weeping, and began to wash His feet with her tears. She wiped His feet with the hair of her head, kissing them and anointing them with the fragrant oil.(C)
39 When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”(D)
40 Jesus replied to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”
“Teacher,” he said, “say it.”
41 “A creditor had two debtors. One owed 500 denarii,(E) and the other 50. 42 Since they could not pay it back,(F) he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?”
43 Simon answered, “I suppose the one he forgave more.”
“You have judged correctly,” He told him. 44 Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet,(G) but she, with her tears, has washed My feet and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave Me no kiss,(H) but she hasn’t stopped kissing My feet since I came in. 46 You didn’t anoint My head with olive oil,(I) but she has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. 47 Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why[a] she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48 Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”(J)
49 Those who were at the table with Him began to say among themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”(K)
50 And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you.(L) Go in peace.”(M)
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- Luke 7:47 Her love shows that she has been forgiven
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