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Proverbs 3:1-6

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.

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