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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/2.htm" title="Proverbs 2">◄</a> Proverbs 3 <a href="../proverbs/4.htm" title="Proverbs 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Admonition to Trust and Honor God</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-1"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>My child, do not forget my teaching,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but let your heart keep my commandments;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>for length of days and years of life</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and abundant welfare they will give you.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">bind them around your neck,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">write them on the tablet of your heart.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>So you will find favor and good repute</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">in the sight of God and of people.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Trust in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> with all your heart,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and do not rely on your own insight.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>In all your ways acknowledge him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and he will make straight your paths.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Do not be wise in your own eyes;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">fear the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and turn away from evil.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>It will be a healing for your flesh</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and a refreshment for your body.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>Honor the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> with your substance</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and with the first fruits of all your produce;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>then your barns will be filled with plenty,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and your vats will be bursting with wine.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>My child, do not despise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>’s discipline</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">or be weary of his reproof,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> reproves the one he loves,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">as a father the son in whom he delights.</span></span></p></div> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The True Wealth</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Happy are those who find wisdom,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and those who get understanding,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>for her income is better than silver,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and her revenue better than gold.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>She is more precious than jewels,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and nothing you desire can compare with her.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Long life is in her right hand;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">in her left hand are riches and honor.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Her ways are ways of pleasantness,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and all her paths are peace.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">those who hold her fast are called happy.</span></span></p></div> <h3><span id="en" class="text">God’s Wisdom in Creation</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> by wisdom founded the earth;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">by understanding he established the heavens;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>by his knowledge the deeps broke open,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the clouds drop down the dew.</span></span></p></div> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The True Security</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>My child, do not let these escape from your sight:</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">keep sound wisdom and prudence,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>and they will be life for your soul</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and adornment for your neck.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>Then you will walk on your way securely</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and your foot will not stumble.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>If you sit down,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18550a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> you will not be afraid;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>Do not be afraid of sudden panic,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">or of the storm that strikes the wicked;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> will be your confidence</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and will keep your foot from being caught.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18553b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when it is in your power to do it.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>Do not plan harm against your neighbor</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">who lives trustingly beside you.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when no harm has been done to you.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>Do not envy the violent</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and do not choose any of their ways;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>for the perverse are an abomination to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the upright are in his confidence.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>’s curse is on the house of the wicked,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but he blesses the abode of the righteous.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>Toward the scorners he is scornful,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but to the humble he shows favor.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">35</span>The wise will inherit honor,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but stubborn fools, disgrace.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 3:24">Proverbs 3:24</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>lie down</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 3:27">Proverbs 3:27</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>from its owners</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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