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Proverbs 3:1-20

1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,

2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

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

3 Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

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

4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

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

5 Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

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

6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

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

7 Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

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

8 This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

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

9 Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

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

10 So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.

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

11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

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

12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

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

13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

13 Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,

14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

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

15 She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.

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

16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

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

17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

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

18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

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

19 The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

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

20 By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.

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

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