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1 My son, don't forget my instruction. Let your heart guard my commands,
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1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
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2 because they will help you live a long time and provide you with well-being.
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2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity.
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3 Don't let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Bind them on your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
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3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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4 Then you will find favor and approval in the eyes of God and humanity.
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4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
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5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; don't rely on your own intelligence.
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5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
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6 Know him in all your paths, and he will keep your ways straight.
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6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
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7 Don't consider yourself wise. Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
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7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.
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8 Then your body will be healthy and your bones strengthened.
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8 This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
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9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the first of all your crops.
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9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
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10 Then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will burst with wine.
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10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
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11 Don't reject the instruction of the LORD, my son; don't despise his correction.
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11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline and do not resent his rebuke,
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12 The LORD loves those he corrects, just like a father who treats his son with favor.
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12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
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13 Happy are those who find wisdom and those who gain understanding.
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13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,
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14 Her profit is better than silver, and her gain better than gold.
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14 for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
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15 Her value exceeds pearls; all you desire can't compare with her.
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15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
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16 In her right hand is a long life; in her left are wealth and honor.
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16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
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17 Her ways are pleasant; all her paths are peaceful.
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17 Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
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18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who hold her tight are happy.
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18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.
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19 The LORD laid the foundations of the earth with wisdom, establishing the heavens with understanding.
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19 By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;
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20 With his knowledge, the watery depths burst open, and the skies drop dew.
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20 by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.
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21 My son, don't let them slip from your eyes; hold on to sound judgment and discretion.
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21 My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight;
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22 They will be life for your whole being, and an ornament for your neck.
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22 they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.
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23 Then you will walk safely on your path, and your foot won't stumble.
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23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble;
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24 If you lie down, you won't be terrified. When you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.
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24 when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
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25 Don't fear sudden terror or the ruin that comes to the wicked.
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25 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
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26 The LORD will be your confidence; he will guard your feet from being snared.
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26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.
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27 Don't withhold good from someone who deserves it, when it is in your power to do so.
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27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.
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28 Don't say to your neighbor, "Go and come back; I'll give it to you tomorrow," when you have it.
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28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow"-- when you now have it with you.
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29 Don't plan to harm your neighbor who trusts and lives near you.
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29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
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30 Don't accuse anyone without reason, when they haven't harmed you.
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30 Do not accuse a man for no reason-- when he has done you no harm.
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31 Don't envy violent people or choose any of their ways.
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31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways,
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32 Devious people are detestable to the LORD, but the virtuous are his close friends.
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32 for the LORD detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence.
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33 The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
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33 The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
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34 He mocks mockers, but he shows favor to the humble.
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34 He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.
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35 The wise gain respect, but fools receive shame.
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35 The wise inherit honor, but fools he holds up to shame.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
