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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Let love and faithfulness never 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 win favor and a good name 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 submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare 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] | 17Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion; |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22they will be life for you, an ornament to grace 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 lie down, your sleep will be sweet. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26for the LORD will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back tomorrow and I'll give it to you"-- when you already have it with you. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Do not accuse anyone for no reason-- when they have done you no harm. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32For the LORD detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33The LORD's curse 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 proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame. |
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