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Proverbs 3:1-20

1 My son, don't forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commands;

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

2 for they will bring you many days, a full life, and well-being.

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

3 Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Tie them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.

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 find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

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 do not rely on your own understanding;

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

6 think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.

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

7 Don't consider yourself to be wise; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

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

8 This will be healing for your body and strengthening for your bones.

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

9 Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest;

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

10 then your barns will be completely filled, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

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

11 Do not despise the Lord's instruction, my son, and do not loathe His discipline;

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

12 for the Lord disciplines the one He loves, just as a father, the son he delights in.

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

13 Happy is a man who finds wisdom and who acquires understanding,

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

14 for she is more profitable than silver, and her revenue is better than gold.

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

15 She is more precious than jewels; nothing you desire compares with her.

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, riches and honor.

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

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

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

18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who hold on to her are happy.

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 founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.

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

20 By His knowledge the watery depths broke open, and the clouds dripped with dew.

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