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Proverbs 3:1 - 35 (ESV) Chapter 3Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart 3 1ySee ch. 1:8My son, do not forget my teaching, zDeut. 8:1; 30:16, 20but let your heart keep my commandments, 2for aver. 16; ch. 4:10; 9:11; 10:27; See Ps. 91:16length of days and years of life and bch. 1:33; Ps. 119:165peace they will add to you.   3Let not c[Ps. 85:10]steadfast love and d[ch. 20:28; Isa. 59:14]faithfulness forsake you; e[ch. 1:9; 6:21; 7:3]bind them around your neck; fch. 7:3; [Jer. 17:1; 2 Cor. 3:3]write them on the tablet of your heart. 4So you will g[1 Sam. 2:26; Luke 2:52; Rom. 14:18]find favor and hSee Ps. 111:10good success[E]Or repute in the sight of God and man.   5iPs. 37:3, 5Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and j[Jer. 9:23]do not lean on your own understanding. 6In all your ways k1 Chr. 28:9acknowledge him, and he l[Ps. 73:24]will make straight your paths. 7m[Rom. 12:16]; See ch. 12:15Be not wise in your own eyes; nJob 1:1; 28:28fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. 8It will be o[ch. 4:22]healing to your flesh[F]Hebrew navel and pSee Job 21:24refreshment[G]Or medicine to your bones.   9Honor the Lord with your wealth and with qEx. 23:19; 34:26; Deut. 26:2the firstfruits of all your produce; 10then your rDeut. 28:8barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.   11sCited Heb. 12:5, 6; See Job 5:17My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, 12for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as tDeut. 8:5; [1 Cor. 11:32]a father the son in whom he delights.   Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom   13uch. 8:34, 35Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, 14vSee Job 28:15-19for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than wch. 8:10, 19; 16:16; Ps. 19:10gold. 15She is more precious than xJob 28:18jewels, and ych. 8:11nothing you desire can compare with her. 16zver. 2Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are ach. 8:18; 22:4riches and honor. 17Her b[Matt. 11:29, 30]ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18She is cch. 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Gen. 2:9; 3:22; Rev. 2:7; 22:2a tree of life to those who dch. 4:13lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.   19ech. 8:27; Ps. 104:5, 24; 136:5The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding ech. 8:27; Ps. 104:5, 24; 136:5he established the heavens; 20by his knowledge fGen. 7:11; [Job 38:8]the deeps broke open, and gJob 36:28the clouds drop down the dew.   21My son, hch. 4:21do not lose sight of these— keep sound wisdom and discretion, 22and they will be iSee ch. 4:22life for your soul and j[ch. 1:9]adornment for your neck. 23kch. 10:9; [ch. 28:18; Ps. 91:11]Then you will walk on your way securely, lch. 4:12; Ps. 91:12and your foot will not stumble. 24m[ch. 6:22; Ps. 3:5; 4:8]; See Job 11:19If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, nJer. 31:26your sleep will be sweet. 25o[1 Pet. 3:14]; See Ps. 91:5Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of p[Job 5:21]the ruin[H]Hebrew storm of the wicked, when it comes, 26for the Lord will be your confidence and will qSee 1 Sam. 2:9keep your foot from being caught. 27rGal. 6:10Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,[I]Hebrew Do not withhold good from its owners when it is in your power to do it.   28s[Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:15]Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you. 29tch. 6:14; 12:20; 14:22Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who u[Judg. 18:7, 27]dwells trustingly beside you. 30v[Rom. 12:18]Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. 31wSee Ps. 37:1Do not envy xPs. 18:48; 140:1a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, 32for ych. 2:15the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are zSee Job 29:4in his confidence. 33aPs. 37:22; Zech. 5:4; Mal. 2:2; See Lev. 26:14-39The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he b[Job 8:6]blesses the dwelling of the righteous. 34Toward the cSee Ps. 1:1scorners he d[James 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:5; See Ps. 138:6]is scornful, e[James 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:5]; See Ps. 138:6but to the humble he gives favor.[J]Or grace 35The wise will inherit honor, but fools get[K]The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain disgrace.   Proverbs 3:1 - 35 (ESV)