Proverbs 3:3-4
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3 Don’t let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.
Bind them on your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Then you will find favor and approval
in the eyes of God and humanity.
Proverbs 3:13-18
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Value of wisdom
13 Happy are those who find wisdom
and those who gain understanding.
14 Her profit is better than silver,
and her gain better than gold.
15 Her value exceeds pearls;
all you desire can’t compare with her.
16 In her right hand is a long life;
in her left are wealth and honor.
17 Her ways are pleasant;
all her paths are peaceful.
18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
those who hold her tight are happy.
Proverbs 3:35
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35 The wise gain respect,
but fools receive shame.
Proverbs 4:7-9
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7 The beginning of wisdom:
Get wisdom!
Get understanding before anything else.
8 Highly esteem her, and she will exalt you.
She will honor you if you embrace her.
9 She will place a graceful wreath on your head;
she will give you a glorious crown.”
Proverbs 10:7
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7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked rots.
Proverbs 11:16
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16 A gracious woman gains honor;
violent men gain only wealth.
Proverbs 11:26-27
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26 People curse those who hoard grain,
but they bless those[a] who sell it.
27 Those who look for good find favor,
but those who seek evil—it will come to them.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:26 Or the heads of those
Proverbs 12:8
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8 A person is praised for his insight,
but a warped mind leads to contempt.
Proverbs 12:9
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9 Better to be held in low regard and have a servant
than to be conceited and lack food.
Proverbs 13:15
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15 Good insight brings favor,
but the way of the faithless is their ruin.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:15 LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT endures
Proverbs 13:18
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18 Poverty and shame come to those who don’t care about instruction;
honor belongs to those who heed correction.
Proverbs 14:35
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35 The king favors an insightful servant,
but is furious at a shameful one.
Proverbs 15:33
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33 The fear of the Lord is wise instruction,
and humility comes before respect.
Proverbs 16:13
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13 Kings favor those with righteous lips;
they love words of integrity.
Proverbs 17:28
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28 Fools who keep quiet are deemed wise;
those who shut their lips are smart.
Proverbs 18:12
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12 Pride comes before a disaster,
but humility comes before respect.
Proverbs 20:11
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11 Even young people are known by their actions,
whether their conduct is pure and upright.
Proverbs 21:21
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21 Those who pursue righteousness and kindness
will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 22:4
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4 The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord
is wealth, honor, and life.
Proverbs 25:6-7
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6 Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
or stand in the place of important people,
7 because it is better that he say to you,
“Come up here,”
than to be demoted before a ruler.
What your eyes see,
Proverbs 25:13
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13 Like the coolness of snow on a harvest day
are reliable messengers to those who send them;
they restore the life of their master.
Proverbs 25:27
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27 Eating too much honey isn’t good,
nor is it appropriate to seek honor.
Proverbs 27:18
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18 Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and those who look after their master will be honored.
Proverbs 28:23
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23 Those who correct someone will, in the end, find more favor
than those with flattering tongues.
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