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Proverbs 3:1
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My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
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Proverbs 3:2
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For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
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Proverbs 3:3
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Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
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Proverbs 3:4
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And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
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Proverbs 3:5
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Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
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Proverbs 3:6
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In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
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Proverbs 3:7
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Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
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Proverbs 3:8
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Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
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Proverbs 3:9
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Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
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Proverbs 3:10
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And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth.
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Proverbs 3:11
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Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
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Proverbs 3:12
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For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
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Proverbs 3:13
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O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.
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Proverbs 3:14
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For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.
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Proverbs 3:15
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Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
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Proverbs 3:16
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Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour.
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Proverbs 3:17
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Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.
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Proverbs 3:18
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A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
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Proverbs 3:19
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Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
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Proverbs 3:20
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By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
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Proverbs 3:21
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My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
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Proverbs 3:22
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And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
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Proverbs 3:23
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Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.
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Proverbs 3:24
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If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
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Proverbs 3:25
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Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
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Proverbs 3:26
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For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
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Proverbs 3:27
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Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand [is] toward God to do [it].
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Proverbs 3:28
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Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
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Proverbs 3:29
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Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
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Proverbs 3:30
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Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
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Proverbs 3:31
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Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
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Proverbs 3:32
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For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.
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Proverbs 3:33
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The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
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Proverbs 3:34
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If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
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Proverbs 3:35
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Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
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