Proverbs 3

¹ My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

¹ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

¹ My son, ^(A)do not forget my ^(a)teaching,But let your heart ^(B)keep my commandments;

¹ My son, don’t forget my teaching,but let your heart keep my commands;^(A)

¹ My son, don't forget my instruction, and keep my commandments carefully in mind.

³ Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

³ Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

³ Do not let ^(D)kindness and truth leave you;^(E)Bind them around your neck,^(F)Write them on the tablet of your heart.

³ Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.Tie them around your neck;write them on the tablet of your heart.^(D)

³ Do not let gracious love and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,

⁵ Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

⁵ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

^{5 (I)}Trust in the Lord with all your heartAnd ^(J)do not lean on your own understanding.

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart,^(F)and do not rely on your own understanding;^(G)

⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not depend on your own understanding.

⁷ Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

⁷ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

^{7 (M)}Do not be wise in your own eyes;^(N)Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

⁷ Don’t consider yourself to be wise;^(I)fear the Lord and turn away from evil.^(J)

⁷ Do not be wise in your own opinion. Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

⁹ Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

⁹ Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

^{9 (Q)}Honor the Lord from your wealthAnd from the ^(R)first of all your produce;

⁹ Honor the Lord with your possessionsand with the first produce of your entire harvest;^(M)

⁹ Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the first of all your produce,

¹¹ My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

^{11 (U)}My son, do not reject the ^(d)discipline of the LordOr loathe His reproof,

¹¹ Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,and do not loathe His discipline;^(O)

¹¹ My son, do not reject the LORD's discipline, and do not despise his correction,

¹³ Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

¹³ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

^{13 (X)}How blessed is the man who finds wisdomAnd the man who gains understanding.

¹³ Happy is a man who finds wisdom^(Q)and who acquires understanding,

¹³ How joyful is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding,

¹⁵ She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.

¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

¹⁵ She is ^(Z)more precious than ^(e)jewels;And nothing you desire compares with her.

¹⁵ She is more precious than jewels;^(S)nothing you desire compares with her.^(T)

¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

¹⁷ Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

¹⁷ Her ^(AC)ways are pleasant waysAnd all her paths are ^(AD)peace.

¹⁷ Her ways are pleasant,^(V)and all her paths, peaceful.

¹⁷ Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peaceful.

¹⁹ The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

¹⁹ The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

¹⁹ The Lord ^(AF)by wisdom founded the earth,By understanding He ^(AG)established the heavens.

¹⁹ The Lord founded the earth by wisdom^(X)and established the heavens by understanding.

¹⁹ By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, and by understanding he set the heavens in place.

²¹ My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

²¹ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

²¹ My son, ^(AJ)let them not ^(g)vanish from your sight;Keep sound wisdom and discretion,

²¹ Maintain your competence and discretion.My son, don’t lose sight of them.^(AA)

²¹ My son, do not let wisdom leave your sight. Carefully observe sound judgment and discernment,

²³ Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

²³ Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

²³ Then you will ^(AM)walk in your way securelyAnd your foot will not ^(AN)stumble.

²³ Then you will go safely on your way;your foot will not stumble.^(AC)

²³ Then you will travel safely on your way, and your foot will not stumble.

²⁵ Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

²⁵ Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

^{25 (AP)}Do not be afraid of sudden fearNor of the ^(h)(AQ)onslaught of the wicked when it comes;

²⁵ Don’t fear sudden dangeror the ruin of the wicked when it comes,^(AE)

²⁵ Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or the devastation that comes to the wicked.

²⁷ Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

²⁷ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

^{27 (AS)}Do not withhold good from ^(j)those to whom it is due,When it is in your power to do it.

²⁷ When it is in your power,^(j)don’t withhold good^(AG) from the one it belongs to.

²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.

²⁹ Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

²⁹ Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

^{29 (AU)}Do not devise harm against your neighbor,While he lives securely beside you.

²⁹ Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,^(AI)for he trusts you and lives near you.

²⁹ Do not plan to harm your neighbor, when he is living peacefully beside you.

³¹ Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

³¹ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

^{31 (AW)}Do not envy a man of violenceAnd do not choose any of his ways.

³¹ Don’t envy a violent man^(AK)or choose any of his ways;

³¹ Do not envy a violent man, and do not emulate his lifestyle.

³³ The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

³³ The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

³³ The ^(AZ)curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,But He ^(BA)blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

³³ The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,^(AM)but He blesses the home of the righteous;

³³ The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

³⁵ The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

^{35 (BD)}The wise will inherit honor,But fools ^(l)display dishonor.

³⁵ The wise will inherit honor,but He holds up fools to dishonor.^(l)

³⁵ The wise will inherit honor, but he holds fools up for ridicule.