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| Proverbs 3:1 | My son, don't forget my teaching; But let your heart keep my commandments: | My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart: |
| Proverbs 3:2 | For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to you. | For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace. |
| Proverbs 3:3 | Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. | Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart; |
| Proverbs 3:4 | So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. | So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men. |
| Proverbs 3:5 | Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding. | Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support. |
| Proverbs 3:6 | In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths. | In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps. |
| Proverbs 3:7 | Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. | Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil: |
| Proverbs 3:8 | It will be health to your body, And nourishment to your bones. | This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones. |
| Proverbs 3:9 | Honor Yahweh with your substance, With the first fruits of all your increase: | Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase: |
| Proverbs 3:10 | So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. | So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine. |
| Proverbs 3:11 | My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof: | My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training: |
| Proverbs 3:12 | For whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; Even as a father the son in whom he delights. | For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain. |
| Proverbs 3:13 | Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding. | Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge. |
| Proverbs 3:14 | For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, The profit of it better than fine gold. | For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold. |
| Proverbs 3:15 | She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. | She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her. |
| Proverbs 3:16 | Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. | Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour. |
| Proverbs 3:17 | Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. | Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace. |
| Proverbs 3:18 | She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her. | She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her. |
| Proverbs 3:19 | By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens. | The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place. |
| Proverbs 3:20 | By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. | By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies. |
| Proverbs 3:21 | My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion: | My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes. |
| Proverbs 3:22 | So they will be life to your soul, And grace for your neck. | So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck. |
| Proverbs 3:23 | Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble. | Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping. |
| Proverbs 3:24 | When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet. | When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you. |
| Proverbs 3:25 | Don't be afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes: | Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers: |
| Proverbs 3:26 | For Yahweh will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being taken. | For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net. |
| Proverbs 3:27 | Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do it. | Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. |
| Proverbs 3:28 | Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, Tomorrow I will give," When you have it by you. | Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time. |
| Proverbs 3:29 | Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you. | Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear. |
| Proverbs 3:30 | Don't strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. | Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong. |
| Proverbs 3:31 | Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. | Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example. |
| Proverbs 3:32 | For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright. | For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright. |
| Proverbs 3:33 | The curse of Yahweh is in the house of the wicked, But he blesses the habitation of the righteous. | The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright. |
| Proverbs 3:34 | Surely he mocks the mockers, But he gives grace to the humble. | He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted. |
| Proverbs 3:35 | The wise will inherit glory, But shame will be the promotion of fools. | The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish. |
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