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My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
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for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.
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Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
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So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
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Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
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In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
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Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
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It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
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Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
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so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;
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for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
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Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
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For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
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She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
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Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
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She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
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By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
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By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
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My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
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so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
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Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.
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When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
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Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;
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for the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
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Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
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Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
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Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
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Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
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Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
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For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.
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The LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
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Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
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The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
WEB: World English Bible (Protestant edition). Public domain.
| 21My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion, |
| 22so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck. |
| 23Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble. |
| 24When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet. |
| 25Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes; |
| 26for the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken. |
| 27Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. |
| 28Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you. |
| 29Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you. |
| 30Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm. |
| 31Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. |
| 32For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship is with the upright. |
| 33The LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous. |
| 34Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble. |
| 35The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools. |