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Proverbs 3:1-20

1 My son, don't forget my teaching; But let your heart keep my mitzvot:

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

2 For length of days, and years of life, And shalom, will they add to you.

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

3 Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind 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 So you will find favor and good understanding 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 don't lean on your own understanding.

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 direct your paths.

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

7 Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

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

8 It will be health to your body, And nourishment to your bones.

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

9 Honor the LORD with your substance, 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 barns will be filled with plenty, 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 My son, don't despise the LORD's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof:

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

12 For whom the LORD loves, he reproves; Even as a father the son in whom he delights.

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

13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.

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

14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, The profit of it better than fine gold.

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

15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

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

16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

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

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are shalom.

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

18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

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

19 By wisdom the LORD founded the eretz. By understanding, he established the heavens.

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

20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

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

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