Don’t be wise in your own eyes;(A)
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.(B)
This will be healing for your body[a](C)
and strengthening for your bones.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Lit navel

Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.
    Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
Then you will have healing for your body
    and strength for your bones.

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29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the honorable,
but destruction awaits evildoers.(A)

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29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity,
    but it destroys the wicked.

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When the wicked person dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth[a][b] vanishes.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:7 LXX reads hope of the ungodly
  2. 11:7 Or strength

When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,
    for they rely on their own feeble strength.

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22 A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.(A)

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22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.

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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;(A)
the righteous run to it and are protected.[a](B)

11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(C)

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  1. 18:10 Lit raised high

10 The name of the Lord is a strong fortress;
    the godly run to him and are safe.

11 The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
    they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.

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29 The glory of young men is their strength,
and the splendor of old men is gray hair.(A)

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29 The glory of the young is their strength;
    the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old.

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22 A wise person went up against a city of warriors
and brought down its secure fortress.(A)

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22 The wise conquer the city of the strong
    and level the fortress in which they trust.

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A house is built by wisdom,(A)
and it is established by understanding;

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A house is built by wisdom
    and becomes strong through good sense.

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A wise warrior is better than a strong one,[a]
and a man of knowledge than one of strength;[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 24:5 LXX, Syr; MT reads is in strength
  2. 24:5 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads knowledge exerts strength

The wise are mightier than the strong,[a]
    and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.

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  1. 24:5 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads A wise man is strength.

10 If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

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10 If you fail under pressure,
    your strength is too small.

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25 ants are not a strong people,
yet they store up their food in the summer;(A)

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25 Ants—they aren’t strong,
    but they store up food all summer.

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17 She draws on her strength[a]
and reveals that her arms are strong.(A)

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  1. 31:17 Lit She wraps strength around her like a belt

17 She is energetic and strong,
    a hard worker.

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25 Strength(A) and honor are her clothing,(B)
and she can laugh at the time to come.(C)

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25 She is clothed with strength and dignity,
    and she laughs without fear of the future.

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