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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

My son, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,

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Trust in the Lord

My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;

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for length of days and years of life
and peace they will add to you.

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for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.

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Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

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So you will find favor and good successa
in the sight of God and man.

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and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.

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Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;

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In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.

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in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.

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Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

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Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

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It will be healing to your fleshb
and refreshmentc to your bones.

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it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.

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Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce;

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Honour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;

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then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

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My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,

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My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement;

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for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.

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for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,
and the one who gets understanding,

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Blessed is He who Finds Wisdom

Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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for the gain from her is better than gain from silver
and her profit better than gold.

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For the gain thereof is better than the gain of silver, and her revenue than fine gold.

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She is more precious than jewels,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.

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She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.

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Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.

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Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand riches and honour.

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Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.

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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

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She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called blessed.

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She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.

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The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
by understanding he established the heavens;

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Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.

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by his knowledge the deeps broke open,
and the clouds drop down the dew.

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By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

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My son, do not lose sight of these —
keep sound wisdom and discretion,

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My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:

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and they will be life for your soul
and adornment for your neck.

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so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.

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Then you will walk on your way securely,
and your foot will not stumble.

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Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble;

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If you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

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when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.

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Do not be afraid of sudden terror
or of the ruind of the wicked, when it comes,

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Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;

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for the Lord will be your confidence
and will keep your foot from being caught.

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for Jehovah shall be thy confidence, and he will keep thy foot from being taken.

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Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,e
when it is in your power to do it.

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Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

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Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it” — when you have it with you.

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Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

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Do not plan evil against your neighbor,
who dwells trustingly beside you.

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Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.

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Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

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Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,

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Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

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for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence.

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For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.

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The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

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The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

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Toward the scorners he is scornful,
but to the humble he gives favor.f

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He indeed scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

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The wise will inherit honor,
but fools getg disgrace.

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The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of the foolish.

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Proverbs 3

Proverbs 3