Proverbs 3 Flashcards
Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
Proverbs 3:2
for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.
Proverbs 3:3
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:4
Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
Proverbs 3:6
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.
Proverbs 3:8
This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
Proverbs 3:10
then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Proverbs 3:11
My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,
Proverbs 3:12
because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
Proverbs 3:13
Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,
Proverbs 3:14
for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.
Proverbs 3:19
By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;
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by his knowledge the water depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.
Proverbs 3:21
My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion;
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they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.
Proverbs 3:23
Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
Proverbs 3:24
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 3:25
Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked.
Proverbs 3:26
for the Lord will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.
Proverbs 3:27
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.
Proverbs 3:28
Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”— when you already have it with you.
Proverbs 3:29
Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
Proverbs 3:30
Do not accuse anyone for no reason— when they have done you no harm.
Proverbs 3:31
Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.
Proverbs 3:32
For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.
Proverbs 3:33
The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
Proverbs 3:34
He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.
Proverbs 3:35
The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.