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Proverbs

Chapter 3

Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart and The Blessings of Wisdom

Proverbs 3 calls the son to remember wise teaching, trust the LORD wholeheartedly, honor him in wealth, and receive even his discipline as a sign of love. It then celebrates wisdom as more precious than riches, woven into creation itself, and concludes by showing how wisdom produces steady security, neighbor-love, and a life that stands under the LORD's blessing rather than his curse.

As the third chapter of Proverbs, this passage broadens wisdom from warning and rescue into an integrated way of life before God. It joins trust, humility, generosity, teachability, and ordinary righteousness to a vision of wisdom as both God's ordering principle in creation and the path of flourishing for his people.

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Proverbs 3

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vv. 1-12

Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart

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M1y son, do not forget my teaching, 2for they will add length to your days, 3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; 4Then you will find favor and high regard

5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, 6in all your ways acknowledge Him, 7Be not wise in your own eyes; 8This will bring healing to your body

9Honor the LORD with your wealth 10then your barns will be filled with plenty,

11My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, 12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves,

vv. 13-35

The Blessings of Wisdom

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B13lessed is the man who finds wisdom, 14for she is more profitable than silver, 15She is more precious than rubies; 16Long life is in her right hand; 17All her ways are pleasant, 18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her,

19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom 20By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, 21My son, do not lose sight of this: 22They will be life to your soul 23Then you will go on your way in safety, 24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; 25Do not fear sudden danger 26for the LORD will be your confidence

27Do not withhold good from the deserving 28Do not tell your neighbor, 29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, 30Do not accuse a man without cause,

31Do not envy a violent man 32for the LORD detests the perverse, 33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, 34He mocks the mockers, 35The wise will inherit honor,

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  1. 01vv. 1-12Trust in the LORD with All Your HeartThe son is urged to keep wise instruction, bind steadfast love and faithfulness to himself, trust the LORD instead of his own insight, honor God with his resources, and receive divine discipline as fatherly love. Wisdom here is not abstract but expressed through remembered teaching, dependence, worshipful generosity, and humble submission.
  2. 02vv. 13-35The Blessings of WisdomWisdom is praised as better than silver or jewels, life-giving, peaceable, and woven into the LORD's ordering of creation itself. The section then turns practical again, showing that those who hold fast to wisdom walk securely, do good without delay, refuse harm and violence, and live under the LORD's blessing rather than his opposition.
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