Trust the Lord

My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands;(A)
for they will bring you
many days, a full life,[a](B) and well-being.(C)

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  1. 3:2 Lit days, years of life

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.

The one who corrects a mocker
will bring abuse on himself;
the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.[a]
Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;(A)
rebuke the wise, and he will love you.(B)
Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still;
teach the righteous, and he will learn more.(C)

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  1. 9:7 Lit man: his blemish

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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A wise heart accepts commands,(A)
but foolish lips will be destroyed.

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

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15 A fool’s way is right in his own eyes,(A)
but whoever listens to counsel is wise.

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

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13 A wise son responds to his father’s discipline,
but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.

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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 The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,(A)
but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.(B)

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

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31 One who[a] listens to life-giving rebukes(A)
will be at home among the wise.

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  1. 15:31 Lit An ear that

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

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10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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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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16 The one who keeps commands preserves himself;(A)
one who disregards[a] his ways will die.(B)

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  1. 19:16 Or despises, or treats lightly

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

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20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.[a](A)

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  1. 19:20 Lit in your end

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

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25 Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;(A)
rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.(B)

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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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27 If you stop listening to correction, my son,
you will stray from the words of 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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