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Proverbs 3
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
My son, don’t forget my teaching,
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
for they will add to you length of days,
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you.
Never let loving devotion (note: Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.) or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge him,
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Don’t be wise in your own eyes.
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
It will be health to your body,
This will bring healing to your body (note: Hebrew navel) and refreshment (note: Or medicine) to your bones.
Honour the LORD with your substance,
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
so your barns will be filled with plenty,
then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline,
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke (note: LXX and do not lose heart when He rebukes; cited in Hebrews 12:5);
for whom the LORD loves, he corrects,
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
For her good profit is better than getting silver,
for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
She is more precious than rubies.
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Length of days is in her right hand.
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
By wisdom the LORD founded the earth.
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up,
By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
My son, let them not depart from your eyes.
My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
Then you shall walk in your way securely.
Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
Don’t be afraid of sudden fear,
Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
for the LORD will be your confidence,
for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due,
Do not withhold good from the deserving (note: Or from its owners) when it is within your power to act.
Don’t say to your neighbour, “Go, and come again;
Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
Don’t devise evil against your neighbour,
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
Don’t strive with a man without cause,
Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD,
for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
The LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked,
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
Surely he mocks the mockers,
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble (note: LXX The Lord opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble; cited in James 4:6 and 1 Peter 5:5).