Proverbs 3:1-2
Evangelical Heritage Version
Third Address to a Son:
Wisdom Leads to the Lord’s Blessing
3 My son, do not forget my teaching.
Let your heart keep my commands,
2 because they will add long days and many years to your life,
and peace and prosperity[a] will come to you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:2 The Hebrew word shalom here contains both meanings.
Proverbs 3:13-18
Evangelical Heritage Version
13 How blessed is the person who finds wisdom,[a]
the person who acquires understanding,
14 because the profit it gives is better than the profit from silver,
and its yield is better than gold!
15 It is more valuable than gems,[b]
and nothing you desire can equal it.
16 In its right hand are the days of a long life.
In its left hand are riches and honor.
17 Its ways are pleasant ways,
and all its paths are peace.
18 It is a tree of life for those who hold on to it.
Those who cling to it are blessed.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:13 Or Wisdom. An issue throughout Proverbs 1-9 is when wisdom should be capitalized as the personal name of Lady Wisdom and when it is the common noun. Most translations do not capitalize wisdom in verses like verse 13 because of the parallelism with understanding. This decision also determines whether the English pronouns should be she or it. In Hebrew the noun for wisdom is feminine, so the pronouns in Hebrew are always feminine.
- Proverbs 3:15 The meaning of this word is uncertain. It may refer to a specific gemstone, such as rubies or red coral.
Proverbs 6:23
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 because a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
and the warnings given by discipline are a road to life.
Proverbs 8:35
Evangelical Heritage Version
35 because whoever finds me finds life,
and he obtains favor from the Lord,
Proverbs 10:17
Evangelical Heritage Version
17 Whoever practices discipline is on the path to life,
but whoever rejects a warning goes astray.
Proverbs 11:19
Evangelical Heritage Version
19 Just as righteousness leads to life,
pursuing evil leads to death.
Proverbs 11:30
Evangelical Heritage Version
30 The fruit of a righteous person is a tree of life,
and one who harvests souls is wise.
Proverbs 12:28
Evangelical Heritage Version
28 In the path of righteousness there is life,
and there is no death in following this path.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:28 The translation follows the main Hebrew reading. A variant in some Hebrew manuscripts and the ancient versions reads and another path leads to death.
Proverbs 15:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 A healing tongue is a tree of life,
but a perverse tongue shatters the spirit.
Proverbs 16:15
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 There is life in the light from a king’s face,
and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.
Proverbs 16:22
Evangelical Heritage Version
22 Good sense is a fountain of life for the person who possesses it,
but the instruction given by stubborn fools is stupidity.
Proverbs 18:21
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 Life and death lie in the power of a tongue,
and those who love to use it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 19:23
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 The fear of the Lord leads to life.
One who has it rests content.
He will not be disturbed by trouble.
Proverbs 21:21
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 A person who pursues righteousness and mercy
will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 22:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 The outcome of humility and of the fear of the Lord
is wealth, honor, and life.
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