My son, don’t forget my teaching, Jhn 14:21-24Pro 4:5Deu 6:6-9Psa 119:16Pro 1:8Psa 119:34Psa 119:93Deu 8:1
but let your heart keep my commandments,
for they will add to you length of days, Eph 6:1-3Pro 4:10Psa 91:16Pro 9:11Psa 128:6Rom 15:13Psa 21:4Psa 119:165
years of life, and peace.
Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. 2Co 3:3Pro 7:3Heb 10:16Deu 11:18-21Mal 2:6Pro 6:21Eph 5:1-2Eph 5:9
Bind them around your neck.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
So you will find favor, Luk 2:521Sa 2:26Rom 14:18Psa 111:10Gen 39:2-4Gen 39:21Act 2:47Dan 1:9
and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, Psa 37:5Jer 17:7-8Pro 28:26Psa 37:3Psa 62:8Isa 26:3-4Isa 12:2Psa 37:7
and don’t lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him, Pro 16:3Psa 32:8Php 4:6Pro 16:9Jer 10:23Jas 1:5Isa 30:21Isa 48:17
and he will make your paths straight.
Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Job 28:28Rom 12:16Pro 26:12Pro 16:6Ecc 12:13Job 1:1Isa 5:21Psa 34:11-14
Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
It will be health to your body, Pro 4:22Psa 147:3Pro 16:24Job 21:24Ezk 16:4-5Isa 1:6Jer 30:12-13
and nourishment to your bones.
Honor the LORD with your substance, Deu 26:2-151Co 16:2Exo 23:19Pro 14:31Php 4:17-18Mal 3:8-10Exo 22:292Co 8:2-3
with the first fruits of all your increase;
so your barns will be filled with plenty, Pro 19:17Deu 28:8Pro 11:24-25Jol 2:24Pro 22:92Co 9:6-11Ecc 11:1-2Hag 2:19
and your vats will overflow with new wine.
My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, Job 5:17Rev 3:19Heb 12:5-12Psa 94:12Isa 40:30-311Co 11:322Co 4:16-172Co 4:1
neither be weary of his correction;
for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, Deu 8:5Rev 3:19Pro 29:17Pro 13:24Psa 103:13
even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, Pro 8:32-35Pro 4:5-9Ecc 9:15-181Ki 10:1-91Ki 10:23-24Pro 2:4Pro 18:1
the man who gets understanding.
For her good profit is better than getting silver, Pro 16:16Pro 8:19Job 28:13-19Rev 3:182Ch 1:11-12Mat 16:26Pro 2:4Pro 8:10-11
and her return is better than fine gold.
She is more precious than rubies. Pro 8:11Job 28:18Pro 31:10Psa 73:25-26Rom 8:18Pro 20:15Psa 63:3Mat 13:44-46
None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
Length of days is in her right hand. Pro 3:22Co 6:10Pro 22:41Ki 3:131Ti 4:8Mrk 10:301Co 3:21-23Pro 4:6-10
In her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness. Luk 1:79Isa 26:3Php 4:8-9Pro 2:10Psa 119:165Mat 11:28-30Pro 22:18Psa 112:1
All her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Pro 11:30Pro 15:4Rev 2:7Gen 2:9Gen 3:22Pro 13:12Rev 22:2
Happy is everyone who retains her.
By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. Psa 104:24Jer 10:12Jhn 1:3Jer 51:15Psa 136:5Pro 8:27-29
By understanding, he established the heavens.
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, Gen 7:11Psa 65:9-12Gen 1:9Gen 27:28Job 36:27-28Job 38:26-28Job 38:8-11Deu 33:28
and the skies drop down the dew.
My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Jos 1:8Deu 6:6-9Deu 32:46-47Pro 4:21Heb 2:1-3Deu 4:91Jn 2:27Jhn 8:31
Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
so they will be life to your soul, Pro 4:22Pro 1:9Isa 38:16Jhn 12:49-50
and grace for your neck.
Then you shall walk in your way securely. Pro 10:9Pro 4:12Psa 121:3Psa 91:11-12Psa 121:8Psa 37:23-24Psa 37:31Pro 2:8
Your foot won’t stumble.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Psa 3:5Psa 4:8Pro 6:22Job 11:19Psa 121:4-7Jer 31:26Lev 26:6Psa 127:2
Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, Isa 41:10-14Psa 112:71Pe 3:14Psa 91:5Isa 8:12-13Jhn 14:1Job 11:13-15Luk 21:18-28
neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;
for the LORD will be your confidence, Pro 14:26Psa 91:31Sa 2:9Psa 91:9-10Hab 3:17-18
and will keep your foot from being taken.
Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, Gal 6:10Jas 2:15-16Rom 13:7Jas 5:4Gen 31:29Mic 2:1Tit 2:14
when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; Lev 19:13Deu 24:12-152Co 8:11Ecc 9:101Ti 6:18Ecc 11:62Co 9:3Pro 27:1
tomorrow I will give it to you,”
when you have it by you.
Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, Pro 6:14Mic 2:1-2Pro 16:29-30Psa 35:20Psa 55:20Psa 59:3Jer 18:18-20Pro 6:18
since he dwells securely by you.
Don’t strive with a man without cause, 2Ti 2:24Pro 29:22Rom 12:18-21Pro 18:6Pro 25:8-9Pro 17:14Mat 5:39-411Co 6:6-8
if he has done you no harm.
Don’t envy the man of violence. Pro 24:1Psa 37:1Ecc 5:8Gal 5:21Pro 23:17Pro 12:12Pro 24:19-20Pro 1:15-18
Choose none of his ways.
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, Psa 25:14Pro 11:20Jhn 15:15Pro 17:15Pro 8:13Jhn 14:21-24Mat 13:11Psa 18:26
but his friendship is with the upright.
The LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, Psa 37:22Lev 26:14-46Job 8:6-7Psa 91:10Mal 2:2Deu 7:26Pro 21:122Sa 6:11
but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Surely he mocks the mockers, Jas 4:61Pe 5:5Psa 138:6Pro 9:12Pro 21:24Isa 57:15Pro 9:7-8Pro 19:29
but he gives grace to the humble.
The wise will inherit glory, Psa 132:18Isa 65:13-151Sa 2:30Dan 12:2-3Psa 73:24Pro 13:8Pro 4:8
but shame will be the promotion of fools.