# Proverbs 3 
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1. My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, 
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2. for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. 
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3. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 
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4. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. 
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5. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 
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6. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. 
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7. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. 
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8. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones. 
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9. Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; 
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10. then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine. 
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11. My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, 
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12. for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. 
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13. Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, 
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14. for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. 
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15. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. 
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16. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. 
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17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 
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18. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed. 
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19. The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens; 
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20. by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew. 
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21. My son, do not lose sight of these— keep sound wisdom and discretion, 
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22. and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck. 
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23. Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble. 
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24. If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. 
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25. Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes, 
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26. for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught. 
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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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28. Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you. 
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29. Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you. 
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30. Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. 
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31. Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, 
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32. for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence. 
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33. The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous. 
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34. Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor. 
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35. The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace. 

(ESV)