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Trusting in the Lord

My child,[a] never forget the things I have taught you.
    Store my commands in your heart.
If you do this, you will live many years,
    and your life will be satisfying.

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  1. 3:1 Hebrew My son; also in 3:11, 21.

Trust, Fear, and Honor Yahweh

My son, (A)do not forget my [a]law,
But let your heart (B)guard my commandments;
For (C)length of days and years of life
And peace they will add to you.

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  1. Proverbs 3:1 Or instruction

Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
    Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
So don’t bother correcting mockers;
    they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
    and they will love you.
Instruct the wise,
    and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
    and they will learn even more.

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He who (A)disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.
(B)Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,
(C)Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
Give knowledge to a wise man and he will be still wiser,
Make a righteous man know it and he will (D)increase his learning.

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The wise are glad to be instructed,
    but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.

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The (A)wise of heart will receive commandments,
But an ignorant fool of loose lips will be [a]ruined.

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  1. Proverbs 10:8 Lit thrust down

15 Fools think their own way is right,
    but the wise listen to others.

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15 The (A)way of an ignorant fool is right in his own eyes,
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.

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13 A wise child accepts a parent’s discipline;[a]
    a mocker refuses to listen to correction.

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  1. 13:1 Hebrew A wise son accepts his father’s discipline.

13 A (A)wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
But a (B)scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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13 People who despise advice are asking for trouble;
    those who respect a command will succeed.

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13 The one who (A)despises the word will be [a]in debt to it,
But the one who fears the commandment will be (B)rewarded.

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  1. Proverbs 13:13 Lit pledged to it

31 If you listen to constructive criticism,
    you will be at home among the wise.

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31 He whose ear listens to the life-giving reproof
Will lodge among the wise.

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10 A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding
    than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who understands
Than a hundred blows into a fool.

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16 Keep the commandments and keep your life;
    despising them leads to death.

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16 He who (A)keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
But he who despises his way will die.

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20 Get all the advice and instruction you can,
    so you will be wise the rest of your life.

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20 (A)Listen to counsel and receive discipline,
That you may be wise in [a]the end of your days.

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  1. Proverbs 19:20 Lit your latter end

25 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson;
    if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

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25 (A)Strike a scoffer and the simple may become prudent,
But (B)reprove one who has understanding and he will understand knowledge.

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27 If you stop listening to instruction, my child,
    you will turn your back on knowledge.

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27 Cease listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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