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