Proverbs 3
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1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
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3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
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5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
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6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
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8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
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9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
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10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
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11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
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12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
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14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
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15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
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16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
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17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
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18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
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19The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
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20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
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21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
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23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
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24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
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25Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
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26For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
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27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
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28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
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29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
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30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
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31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
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32For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
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33The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
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34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
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35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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Proverbs 3:1
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of...John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he...Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mothe...Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
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Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.Proverbs 4:10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.Psalms 91:16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.Proverbs 9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be incre...Psalms 119:165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
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Proverbs 7:3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.2 Corinthians 3:3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered b...Hebrews 10:16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord...Proverbs 6:21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.Deuteronomy 11:18¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and b...
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Luke 2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.1 Samuel 2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also wit...Romans 14:18For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of...Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all t...Genesis 39:2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the hou...
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Psalms 37:5Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall...Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou...Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a r...
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Proverbs 16:3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.Psalms 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide...Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thank...Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.Jeremiah 10:23¶ O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that wa...
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Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depar...Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to...Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of h...Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect...Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart fr...
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Proverbs 4:22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.Job 21:24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.Jeremiah 30:12For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
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Deuteronomy 26:2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shal...1 Corinthians 16:2Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God...Exodus 23:19The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the...Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hat...Philippians 4:17Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
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Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath gi...Deuteronomy 28:8The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all tha...Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more...Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the...Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the cha...Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Hebrews 12:5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children,...Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law...Isaiah 40:30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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Deuteronomy 8:5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so t...Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Proverbs 29:17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto th...Proverbs 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him be...Psalms 103:13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:1
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of...John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he...Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mothe...Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
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Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.Proverbs 4:10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.Psalms 91:16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.Proverbs 9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be incre...Psalms 119:165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
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Proverbs 7:3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.2 Corinthians 3:3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered b...Hebrews 10:16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord...Proverbs 6:21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.Deuteronomy 11:18¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and b...
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Luke 2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.1 Samuel 2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also wit...Romans 14:18For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of...Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all t...Genesis 39:2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the hou...
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Psalms 37:5Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall...Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou...Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a r...
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Proverbs 16:3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.Psalms 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide...Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thank...Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.Jeremiah 10:23¶ O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that wa...
Proverbs 3:7
Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depar...Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to...Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of h...Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect...Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart fr...
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Proverbs 4:22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.Job 21:24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.Jeremiah 30:12For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Proverbs 3:9
Deuteronomy 26:2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shal...1 Corinthians 16:2Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God...Exodus 23:19The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the...Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hat...Philippians 4:17Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
Proverbs 3:10
Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath gi...Deuteronomy 28:8The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all tha...Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more...Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the...Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Proverbs 3:11
Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the cha...Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Hebrews 12:5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children,...Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law...Isaiah 40:30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Proverbs 3:12
Deuteronomy 8:5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so t...Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Proverbs 29:17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto th...Proverbs 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him be...Psalms 103:13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.