Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, May 4th, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Study Desk
Parallel Search
Passage Lookup: Proverbs 3
- General
- Interlinear
- Parallel
- Proximity
34 verses • Page 1 of 2
My son, do not forget my teaching, But have your heart comply with my commandments;
Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.
Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:3
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
So you will find favor and a good reputation In the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:4
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord , and depart from evil.
It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones.
Proverbs 3:8
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Honor the LORD from your wealth, And from the first of all your produce;
Proverbs 3:9
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Then your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 3:10
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD Or loathe His rebuke,
Proverbs 3:11
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction:
For whom the LORD loves He disciplines, Just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 3:12
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding.
Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
For her profit is better than the profit of silver, And her produce better than gold.
Proverbs 3:14
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
She is more precious than jewels, And nothing you desire compares with her.
Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
Proverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are those who hold on to her.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom, He established the heavens by understanding.
Proverbs 3:19
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
By His knowledge the ocean depths were burst open, And the clouds drip with dew.
Proverbs 3:20
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
My son, see that they do not escape from your sight; Comply with sound wisdom and discretion,
Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
And they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.
Proverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Then you will walk in your way securely, And your foot will not stumble.
Proverbs 3:23
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Do not be afraid of sudden danger, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;
Proverbs 3:25
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
For the LORD will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.
Proverbs 3:26
For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it.
Proverbs 3:27
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it to you," When you have it with you.
Proverbs 3:28
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.
Proverbs 3:29
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Do not contend with a person for no reason, If he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 3:30
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Do not envy a violent person, And do not choose any of his ways.
Proverbs 3:31
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
For the devious are an abomination to the LORD; But He is intimate with the upright.
Proverbs 3:32
For the froward is abomination to the Lord : but his secret is with the righteous.
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the righteous.
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the needy.
Proverbs 3:34
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
The wise will inherit honor, But fools increase dishonor.
Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
34 verses • Page 1 of 2
Copyright Statement
New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995,2020 by The Lockman Foundation
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995,2020 by The Lockman Foundation
