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Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom

Proverbs 3:1-35

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Chapter 3
1 My son, do not forget my Torah. Let your heart keep my commandments. 2 They will add length of days and years of life and peace to you. 3 Steadfast love and truth—may they not leave you. Bind them on your throat cords; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 And you will find grace and good understanding in the eyes of God and humanity. 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. 8 It will be healing to your body and drink to your bones. 9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce. 10 And your storehouses will be filled with plenty, and your vats will burst with new wine. 11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD or abhor his rebuke. 12 For the one whom the LORD loves he rebukes, and he accepts him as a father does his son. 13 Blessed is the person who finds wisdom, and the person who brings forth understanding. 14 for her merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and her revenue than refined gold. 15 She is more precious than pearls, and nothing you desire will equal her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand wealth and glory. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 It is wood for the altar to those who hold it in hand, and those who support it are blessedness. 19 The LORD founded the earth by wisdom; he established the heavens by understanding. 20 By his knowledge the deeps are split open, and the skies drip dew. 21 My son, do not let them slip from your eyes; guard sound wisdom and discretion. 22 They will be life to your soul and grace to your throat. 23 Then you will walk securely on your way, and your foot will not stumble. 24 If you lie down, you will not be afraid, and when you have lain down, your sleep will be sweet. 25 Do not fear sudden terror or the ruin of the wicked when it comes. 26 for the LORD will be at your side in your discretion and will keep your foot from capture. 27 Do not withhold good from its owners when it is in the power of your hand to do it. 28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Go and return; tomorrow I will give it," when you have it with you. 29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor when he dwells securely with you. 30 Do not dispute with a man without cause, if he has not repaid you evil. 31 Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways. 32 For the devious one is an abomination to the LORD, but He shares His secret counsel with the upright. 33 The LORD's curse is in the house of the wicked, but He will bless the dwelling of the righteous. 34 He scoffs at scoffers, but He gives grace to the poor. 35 Divine glory skilled artisans will inherit, but Pleiades rebels shame.