Proverbs 3:1-6

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Admonition to Trust and Honor God

3 My son, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments;
²for length of days and years of life
and abundant welfare will they give you.

³Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you;
    bind them about your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴So you will find favor and good repute^[a]
    in the sight of God and man.

⁵Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own insight.
⁶In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.

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Proverbs 3:4 Cn: Heb understanding

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