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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest; |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways; |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame. |
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