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  3:1 ¶
[My] son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words: |
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3:1 ¶
My son,º
forgetºº
notº
my law;º
but let thine heartº
keepºº
my commandments:º |
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3:2
for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee. |
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3:2
Forº
lengthº
of days,º
and longº
life,º
and peace,º
shall they addºº
to thee. |
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3:3
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck: |
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3:3
Let notº
mercyº
and truthº
forsakeºº
thee: bindºº
them aboutº
thy neck;º
writeºº
them uponº
the tableº
of thine heart:º |
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3:4
so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men. |
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3:4
So shalt thou findºº
favourº
and goodº
understandingº
in the sightº
of Elohimº
and man.º |
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3:5 ¶
Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom. |
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3:5 ¶
Trustºº
inº
Yahwehº
with allº
thine heart;º
and leanºº
notº
untoº
thine own understanding.º |
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3:6
In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths. |
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3:6
In allº
thy waysº
acknowledgeºº
him, and heº
shall directºº
thy paths.º |
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3:7 ¶
Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil. |
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3:7 ¶
Beº
notº
wiseº
in thine own eyes:º
fearººº
Yahweh,º
and departºº
from evil.ºº |
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3:8
Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones. |
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3:8
It shall beº
healthº
to thy navel,º
and marrowº
to thy bones.º |
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3:9
Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness: |
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3:9
Honourººº
Yahwehº
with thy substance,ºº
and with the firstfruitsºº
of allº
thine increase:º |
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3:10
that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine. |
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3:10
So shall thy barnsº
be filledºº
with plenty,º
and thy pressesº
shall burst outºº
with new wine.º |
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3:11 ¶
[My] son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: |
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3:11 ¶
My son,º
despiseºº
notº
the chasteningº
of Yahweh;º
neitherº
be wearyºº
of his correction:º |
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3:12
for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives. |
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3:12
Forºº
whomº
Yahwehº
lovethºº
he correcteth;ºº
even as a fatherºº
the sonº
[in whom] he delighteth.ºº |
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3:13 ¶
Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence. |
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3:13 ¶
Happyº
[is] the manº
[that] findethºº
wisdom,º
and the manº
[that] gettethºº
understanding.º |
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3:14
For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. |
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3:14
Forº
the merchandiseº
of it [is] betterº
than the merchandiseºº
of silver,º
and the gainº
thereof than fine gold.ºº |
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3:15
And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value. |
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3:15
Sheº
[is] more preciousº
than rubies:ºº
and allº
the things thou canst desireº
are notº
to be comparedºº
unto her. |
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3:16
For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory: out of her mouth proceeds righteousness, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue. |
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3:16
Lengthº
of daysº
[is] in her right hand;º
[and] in her left handº
richesº
and honour.º |
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3:17
Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful. |
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3:17
Her waysº
[are] waysº
of pleasantness,º
and allº
her pathsº
[are] peace.º |
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3:18
She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is [a] secure [help] to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord. |
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3:18
Sheº
[is] a treeº
of lifeº
to them that lay holdºº
upon her: and happyºº
[is every one] that retainethºº
her. |
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3:19
God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens. |
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3:19
Yahwehº
by wisdomº
hath foundedºº
the earth;º
by understandingº
hath he establishedºº
the heavens.º |
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3:20
By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water. |
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3:20
By his knowledgeº
the depthsº
are broken up,ºº
and the cloudsº
drop downºº
the dew.º |
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3:21 ¶
[My] son, let [them] not pass from [thee], but keep my counsel and understanding: |
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3:21 ¶
My son,º
let notº
them departºº
from thine eyes:ºº
keepºº
sound wisdomº
and discretion:º |
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3:22
that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck; and it shall be health to thy flesh, and safety to thy bones: |
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3:22
So shall they beº
lifeº
unto thy soul,º
and graceº
to thy neck.º |
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3:23
that thou mayest go confidently in peace in all thy ways, and that thy foot may not stumble. |
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3:23
Thenº
shalt thou walkººº
in thy wayº
safely,º
and thy footº
shall notº
stumble.ºº |
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3:24
For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly. |
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3:24
Whenº
thou liest down,ºº
thou shalt notº
be afraid:ºº
yea, thou shalt lie down,ºº
and thy sleepº
shall be sweet.ºº |
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3:25
And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men. |
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3:25
Be notº
afraidºº
of suddenº
fear,ºº
neither of the desolationºº
of the wicked,º
whenº
it cometh.ºº |
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3:26
For the Lord shall be over all thy ways, and shall establish thy foot that thou be not moved. |
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3:26
Forº
Yahwehº
shall beº
thy confidence,º
and shall keepºº
thy footº
from being taken.ºº |
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3:27 ¶
Forbear not to do good to the poor, whensoever thy hand may have [power] to help [him]. |
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3:27 ¶
Withholdºº
notº
goodº
from them to whom it is due,ºº
when it isº
in the powerº
of thine handº
to doºº
[it]. |
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3:28
Say not, Come back another time, to-morrow I will give; while thou art able to do [him] good: for thou knowest not what the next day will bring forth. |
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3:28
Sayºº
notº
unto thy neighbour,º
Go,ººº
and come again,ºº
and to morrowº
I will give;ºº
when thou hastº
it byº
thee. |
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3:29
Devise not evil against thy friend, living near thee and trusting in thee. |
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3:29
Deviseºº
notº
evilº
againstº
thy neighbour,º
seeing heº
dwellethºº
securelyº
byº
thee. |
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3:30 ¶
Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do thee some harm. |
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3:30 ¶
Striveºº
notº
withº
a manº
without cause,º
ifº
he have doneºº
thee noº
harm.º |
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3:31 ¶
Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways. |
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3:31 ¶
Envyºº
thou notº
the oppressor,ºº
and chooseºº
noneºº
of his ways.º |
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3:32
For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous. |
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3:32
Forº
the frowardºº
[is] abominationº
to Yahweh:º
but his secretº
[is] withº
the righteous.º |
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3:33 ¶
The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed. |
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3:33 ¶
The curseº
of Yahwehº
[is] in the houseº
of the wicked:º
but he blessethºº
the habitationº
of the just.º |
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3:34
The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble. |
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3:34
Surelyº
heº
scornethºº
the scorners:ºº
but he givethºº
graceº
unto the lowly.ººº |
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3:35
The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted [their own] dishonour. |
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3:35
The wiseº
shall inheritºº
glory:º
but shameº
shall be the promotionºº
of fools.º |
