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Proverbs 3

A series of paired commands and consequences: keep the teaching and gain long life and peace; trust the LORD rather than your own understanding and your paths are made straight (vv. 5-6); honor him with first fruits and the barns fill (vv. 9-10). Midway it turns to discipline (vv. 11-12), then breaks into praise of wisdom as more precious than rubies (vv. 13-18), the same wisdom by which God founded the earth.

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Proverbs 3 (WEB)

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My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
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for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.
3
Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
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So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
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In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
7
Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8
It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
9
Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
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so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;
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for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
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Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
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For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
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She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
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Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
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She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
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By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
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By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
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My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
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so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
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Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.
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When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
25
Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;
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for the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
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Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
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Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
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Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
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Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
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Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
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For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.
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The LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
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Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
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The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

Proverbios 3 (RV1909)

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HIJO mío, no te olvides de mi ley; y tu corazón guarde mis mandamientos:
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Porque largura de días, y años de vida y paz te aumentarán.
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Misericordia y verdad no te desamparen; átalas á tu cuello, escríbelas en la tabla de tu corazón:
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Y hallarás gracia y buena opinión en los ojos de Dios y de los hombres.
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Fíate de Jehová de todo tu corazón, y no estribes en tu prudencia.
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Reconócelo en todos tus caminos, y él enderezará tus veredas.
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No seas sabio en tu opinión: teme á Jehová, y apártate del mal;
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Porque será medicina á tu ombligo, y tuétano á tus huesos.
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Honra á Jehová de tu sustancia, y de las primicias de todos tus frutos;
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Y serán llenas tus trojes con abundancia, y tus lagares rebosarán de mosto.
11
No deseches, hijo mío, el castigo de Jehová; ni te fatigues de su corrección:
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Porque al que ama castiga, como el padre al hijo á quien quiere.
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Bienaventurado el hombre que halla la sabiduría, y que obtiene la inteligencia:
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Porque su mercadería es mejor que la mercadería de la plata, y sus frutos más que el oro fino.
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Más preciosa es que las piedras preciosas; y todo lo que puedes desear, no se puede comparar á ella.
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Largura de días está en su mano derecha; en su izquierda riquezas y honra.
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Sus caminos son caminos deleitosos, y todas sus veredas paz.
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Ella es árbol de vida á los que de ella asen: y bienaventurados son los que la mantienen.
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Jehová con sabiduría fundó la tierra; afirmó los cielos con inteligencia.
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Con su ciencia se partieron los abismos, y destilan el rocío los cielos.
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Hijo mío, no se aparten estas cosas de tus ojos; guarda la ley y el consejo;
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Y serán vida á tu alma, y gracia á tu cuello.
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Entonces andarás por tu camino confiadamente, y tu pie no tropezará.
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Cuando te acostares, no tendrás temor; antes te acostarás, y tu sueño será suave.
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No tendrás temor de pavor repentino, ni de la ruina de los impíos cuando viniere:
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Porque Jehová será tu confianza, y él preservará tu pie de ser preso.
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No detengas el bien de sus dueños, cuando tuvieres poder para hacerlo.
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No digas á tu prójimo: Ve, y vuelve, y mañana te daré; cuando tienes contigo qué darle .
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No intentes mal contra tu prójimo, estando él confiado de ti.
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No pleitees con alguno sin razón, si él no te ha hecho agravio.
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No envidies al hombre injusto, ni escojas alguno de sus caminos.
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Porque el perverso es abominado de Jehová: mas su secreto es con los rectos.
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La maldición de Jehová está en la casa del impío; mas él bendecirá la morada de los justos.
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Ciertamente él escarnecerá á los escarnecedores, y á los humildes dará gracia.
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Los sabios heredarán honra: mas los necios sostendrán ignominia.

From private trust to the neighbor next door

The chapter's famous opening, trust with all your heart, do not lean on your own understanding, is not left abstract. After the hymn that wisdom is "a tree of life" (v. 18) and the founding of the world (vv. 19-20), the focus narrows sharply to the man next door.

Verses 27-31 spell it out as concrete duties: don't withhold good you can give, don't tell a neighbor to come back tomorrow when you have it now, don't plot against someone who lives trustingly beside you. Cosmic wisdom lands on the doorstep.