Proverbs 3
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Proverbs 3
Admonition to Trust and Honor God
1 #
Ex 20.6; Deut 30.16; Prov 4.5 My child, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 #
Ps 119.165; Prov 4.10 for length of days and years of life
and abundant welfare they will give you.
3 #
2 Sam 15.20; Prov 1.9; 7.3 Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 #
Ps 111.10; Prov 8.35 Then you will find favor and high regard
in the sight of God and of people.
5 #
Ps 37.3, 5; Jer 9.23 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own insight.
6 #
1 Chr 28.9; Isa 45.13 In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.
7 #
Prov 16.6; Rom 12.16 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
8 #
Job 21.24
It will be a healing for your flesh
and a refreshment for your body.
9 #
Ex 23.19; Isa 43.23 Honor the Lord with your substance
and with the first fruits of all your produce;
10then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
11 #
Heb 12.5, 6 My child, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
12 #
Deut 8.5
for the Lord reproves the one he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.
The True Wealth
13Happy are those who find wisdom
and those who get understanding,
14 #
Job 28.13; Prov 8.10, 19 for her income is better than silver
and her revenue better than gold.
15 #
Job 28.18; Prov 8.11 She is more precious than jewels,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 #
Prov 8.18
Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 #
Prov 16.7
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
18 #
Gen 2.9; Prov 11.30 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called happy.
God’s Wisdom in Creation
19 #
Ps 104.24
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
by understanding he established the heavens;
20 #
Gen 7.11; Job 36.28 by his knowledge the deeps broke open,
and the clouds drop down the dew.
The True Security
21My child, do not let these escape from your sight:
keep sound wisdom and prudence,
22 #
Prov 1.9; 4.22 and they will be life for your soul
and adornment for your neck.
23 #
Prov 4.12
Then you will walk on your way securely,
and your foot will not stumble.
24If you sit down,#3.24 Gk: Heb lie down you will not be afraid;
when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25 #
Job 5.21; Ps 91.5 Then you will not be afraid of sudden panic
or of the storm that strikes the wicked,
26for the Lord will be your confidence
and will keep your foot from being caught.
27 #
Rom 13.7; Gal 6.10 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,#3.27 Heb from its owners
when it is in your power to do it.
28 #
Lev 19.13
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go and come again;
tomorrow I will give it,” when you have it with you.
29 #
Prov 14.22
Do not plan harm against your neighbor
who lives trustingly beside you.
30 #
Rom 12.18
Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
when no harm has been done to you.
31 #
Ps 37.1; Prov 24.1 Do not envy the violent,
and do not choose any of their ways,
32 #
Ps 25.14; Prov 11.20 for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence.
33 #
Deut 11.28; Job 8.6; Mal 2.2 The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the abode of the righteous.
34 #
Jas 4.6; 1 Pet 5.5 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
but to the humble he shows favor.
35The wise will inherit honor,
but stubborn fools, disgrace.
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