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Proverbs 3 (New International Version)

Proverbs 3

Further Benefits of Wisdom
1 My son, do not forget my teaching,

but keep my commands in your heart,

2 for they will
prolong your life many years
and bring
you prosperity.

3 Let love and
faithfulness never leave you;
bind them
around your neck,
write them on the
tablet of your heart.

4 Then you will win
favor and a good name
in the sight of
God and man.

5 Trust in the LORD
with all your heart
and lean not on
your own understanding;

6 in all your ways
acknowledge him,
and he will make your
paths straight.

7 Do not be wise in
your own eyes;
fear the LORD and shun
evil.

8 This will bring
health to your body
and nourishment to
your bones.

9 Honor the LORD
with your wealth,
with the firstfruits
of all your crops;

10 then your barns
will be filled to overflowing,
and your
vats will brim over with new wine.

11 My son, do not
despise the LORD's discipline
and do
not resent his rebuke,

12 because the
LORD disciplines those he loves,
as a
father the son
he delights in.

13 Blessed is the
man who finds wisdom,
the man who gains
understanding,

14 for she is more
profitable than silver
and yields
better returns than gold.

15 She is more
precious than rubies;
nothing you
desire can compare with her.

16 Long life is in
her right hand;
in her left hand are
riches and honor.

17 Her ways are
pleasant ways,
and all her paths are
peace.

18 She is a tree
of life to those who embrace her;
those
who lay hold of her will be blessed.

19 By wisdom the
LORD laid the earth's foundations,
by
understanding he set the heavens in place;

20 by his
knowledge the deeps were divided,
and
the clouds let drop the dew.

21 My son,
preserve sound judgment and discernment,

do not let them out of your sight;

22 they will be
life for you,
an ornament to grace your
neck.

23 Then you will
go on your way in safety,
and your foot
will not stumble;

24 when you lie
down, you will not be afraid;
when you
lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

25 Have no fear of
sudden disaster
or of the ruin that
overtakes the wicked,

26 for the LORD
will be your confidence
and will keep
your foot from being snared.

27 Do not withhold
good from those who deserve it,
when it
is in your power to act.

28 Do not say to
your neighbor,
"Come back later; I'll
give it tomorrow"—
when you now have it
with you.

29 Do not plot
harm against your neighbor,
who lives
trustfully near you.

30 Do not accuse a
man for no reason—
when he has done you
no harm.

31 Do not envy a
violent man
or choose any of his ways,

32 for the LORD
detests a perverse man
but takes the
upright into his confidence.

33 The LORD's
curse is on the house of the wicked,

but he blesses the home of the righteous.

34 He mocks proud
mockers
but gives grace to the humble.

35 The wise
inherit honor,
but fools he holds up to
shame.

Footnotes:

Proverbs
3:6 Or will direct your paths

Proverbs
3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint / and he punishes

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