(A)Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
(B)And lean not on your own understanding;
(C)In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall [a]direct your paths.

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  1. Proverbs 3:6 Or make smooth or straight

Trust Yahweh[a] with all your heart;
    do not lean toward your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will straighten your paths.

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  1. Proverbs 3:5 Literally “trust toward Yahweh”

11 I have (A)taught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in right paths.
12 When you walk, (B)your steps will not be hindered,
(C)And when you run, you will not stumble.

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11 In the way of wisdom I have instructed you;
    I have led you in the path of uprightness.
12 When you walk,[a] your step will not be hampered,
    and if you run, you will not stumble.

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  1. Proverbs 4:12 Literally “In your walking”

12 “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And find out knowledge and discretion.
13 (A)The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
(B)Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And (C)the perverse mouth I hate.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, (D)I have strength.
15 (E)By me kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.
16 By me princes rule, and nobles,
All the judges of [a]the earth.
17 (F)I love those who love me,
And (G)those who seek me diligently will find me.
18 (H)Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring riches and righteousness.

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  1. Proverbs 8:16 MT, Syr., Tg., Vg. righteousness; LXX, Bg., some mss. and editions earth

12 I, wisdom, live with prudence,
    and I find knowledge and discretion.
13 The fear of Yahweh is hatred of evil,
    pride, and arrogance and an evil way.
    And I hate a mouth of perversity.
14 Advice and sound judgment[a] are mine;
    I am understanding, strength is mine.[b]
15 By me kings reign,
    and rulers decree righteousness.
16 By me rulers rule,
    and nobles—all judges of righteousness.
17 I love those who love me,[c]
    and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
18 Fortune and glory are with me,
    enduring wealth and righteousness.

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  1. Proverbs 8:14 Literally “To/for me are advice and sound judgment”
  2. Proverbs 8:14 Literally “to/for me is strength”
  3. Proverbs 8:17 Literally “her lovers”

The integrity of the upright will guide (A)them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

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The thoughts of the righteous are right,
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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The thoughts of the righteous are[a] just;
    the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

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  1. Proverbs 12:5 Hebrew “is”