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| | Pro 3:1 | My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments;
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| | Pro 3:2 | For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.
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| | Pro 3:3 | Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
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| | Pro 3:4 | So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man.
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| | Pro 3:5 | Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
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| | Pro 3:6 | In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
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| | Pro 3:7 | Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
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| | Pro 3:8 | It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones.
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| | Pro 3:9 | Honor the Lord from your wealth And from the first of all your produce;
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| | Pro 3:10 | So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine.
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| | Pro 3:11 | My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord Or loathe His reproof,
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| | Pro 3:12 | For whom the Lord loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.
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| | Pro 3:13 | How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding.
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| | Pro 3:14 | For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold.
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| | Pro 3:15 | She is more precious than jewels; And nothing you desire compares with her.
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| | Pro 3:16 | Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
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| | Pro 3:17 | Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace.
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| | Pro 3:18 | She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast.
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| | Pro 3:19 | The Lord by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens.
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| | Pro 3:20 | By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the skies drip with dew.
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| | Pro 3:21 | My son, let them not vanish from your sight; Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
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| | Pro 3:22 | So they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.
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| | Pro 3:23 | Then you will walk in your way securely And your foot will not stumble.
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| | Pro 3:24 | When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
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| | Pro 3:25 | Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;
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| | Pro 3:26 | For the Lord will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught.
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| | Pro 3:27 | Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it.
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| | Pro 3:28 | Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it," When you have it with you.
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| | Pro 3:29 | Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.
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| | Pro 3:30 | Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.
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| | Pro 3:31 | Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways.
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| | Pro 3:32 | For the devious are an abomination to the Lord; But He is intimate with the upright.
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| | Pro 3:33 | The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
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| | Pro 3:34 | Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the afflicted.
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| | Pro 3:35 | The wise will inherit honor, But fools display dishonor.
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
