Proverbs 3:1-2
World English Bible
3 My son, don’t forget my teaching;
but let your heart keep my commandments:
2 for they will add to you length of days,
years of life, and peace.
Proverbs 3:1-2
English Standard Version
Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart
3 (A)My son, do not forget my teaching,
(B)but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 for (C)length of days and years of life
and (D)peace they will add to you.
Proverbs 3:13-18
World English Bible
13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
the man who gets understanding.
14 For her good profit is better than getting silver,
and her return is better than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies.
None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand.
In her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness.
All her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her.
Happy is everyone who retains her.
Proverbs 3:13-18
English Standard Version
Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom
13 (A)Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,
and the one who gets understanding,
14 (B)for the gain from her is better than gain from silver
and her profit better than (C)gold.
15 She is more precious than (D)jewels,
and (E)nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 (F)Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are (G)riches and honor.
17 Her (H)ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
18 She is (I)a tree of life to those who (J)lay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called blessed.
Proverbs 6:23
World English Bible
23 For the commandment is a lamp,
and the law is light.
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Proverbs 6:23
English Standard Version
23 For the commandment is (A)a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the (B)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
Proverbs 8:35
World English Bible
35 For whoever finds me, finds life,
and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
Proverbs 8:35
English Standard Version
Proverbs 10:17
World English Bible
17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction,
but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
Proverbs 10:17
English Standard Version
17 Whoever heeds instruction is on (A)the path to life,
but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
Proverbs 11:19
World English Bible
19 He who is truly righteous gets life.
He who pursues evil gets death.
Proverbs 11:19
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Proverbs 11:30
World English Bible
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.
He who is wise wins souls.
Proverbs 11:30
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Proverbs 12:28
World English Bible
28 In the way of righteousness is life;
in its path there is no death.
Proverbs 12:28
English Standard Version
28 (A)In the path of righteousness is life,
and in its pathway there is no death.
Proverbs 15:4
World English Bible
4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:4 Or healing
Proverbs 16:15
World English Bible
15 In the light of the king’s face is life.
His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.
Proverbs 16:15
English Standard Version
15 (A)In the light of a king's face there is life,
and his (B)favor is like (C)the clouds that bring the spring rain.
Proverbs 16:22
World English Bible
22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it,
but the punishment of fools is their folly.
Proverbs 16:22
English Standard Version
22 Good sense is (A)a fountain of life to him who has it,
but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 18:21
World English Bible
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21
English Standard Version
21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
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