Guidance for the Young

My son, do not forget my law,
(A)But let your heart keep my commands;
For length of days and long life
And (B)peace they will add to you.

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My son, forget not my law, but let thine heart keep my commandments;

for length of days and long life and peace shall they add to thee.

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13 (A)Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
And the man who gains understanding;
14 (B)For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver,
And her gain than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies,
And (C)all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.
16 (D)Length of days is in her right hand,
In her left hand riches and honor.
17 (E)Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
18 She is (F)a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who [a]retain her.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:18 hold her fast

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and the man that getteth understanding;

14 for the merchandising of it is better than the merchandising of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her.

16 Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and honor.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is everyone that retaineth her.

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23 (A)For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life

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35 For whoever finds me finds life,
And (A)obtains favor from the Lord;

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35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain the favor of the Lord.

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17 He who keeps instruction is in the way of life,
But he who refuses correction [a]goes astray.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:17 leads

17 He that keepeth instruction is in the way of life, but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

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19 As righteousness leads to (A)life,
So he who pursues evil pursues it to his own (B)death.

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19 As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And (A)he who [a]wins souls is wise.

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  1. Proverbs 11:30 Lit. takes, in the sense of brings, cf. 1 Sam. 16:11

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he that winneth souls is wise.

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28 In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.

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28 In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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A [a]wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

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  1. Proverbs 15:4 Lit. healing

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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15 In the light of the king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a (A)cloud of the latter rain.

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15 In the light of the king’s countenance there is life, and his favor is as a cloud of latter rain.

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22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it.
But the correction of fools is folly.

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22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

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21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

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21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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