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A father urges his son to bind mercy and truth around his neck and to trust in the LORD with all his heart, leaning not on his own understanding โ€” and in all his ways acknowledge Him. The chapter weaves promises of guidance, health, and honor together with a warning not to despise the LORD's discipline, for whom the LORD loves He corrects.

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1 My son, donโ€™t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

2 for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.

3 Donโ€™t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and donโ€™t lean on your own understanding.

6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

7 Donโ€™t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

8 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

9 Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

10 so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

11 My son, donโ€™t despise Yahwehโ€™s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

19 By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

22 so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

23 Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot wonโ€™t stumble.

24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

25 Donโ€™t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

26 for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

27 Donโ€™t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

28 Donโ€™t say to your neighbor, โ€œGo, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,โ€ when you have it by you.

29 Donโ€™t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

30 Donโ€™t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

31 Donโ€™t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

33 Yahwehโ€™s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

34 Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

35 The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

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Hebrew interlinear — Proverbs 3:1–35 (256 words)
1
  1. ื‘ึผึฐึญื ึดื™bฤ•nรฎben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  2. ืชึผื•ึนืจึธืชึดึฃื™tรดrฤtรฎtowrah: a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH8451
  3. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  4. ืชึผึดืฉืึฐื›ึผึธึ‘ื—tiลกkฤแธฅshakach: to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attentionH7911
  5. ื•ึผึืžึดืฆึฐื•ึนืชึทึ—ื™รปmiแนฃwลtaymitsvah: a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)H4687
  6. ื™ึดืฆึผึนึฅืจyiแนฃแนฃลrnatsar: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)H5341
  7. ืœึดื‘ึผึถึฝืšึธืƒlibbekฤleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
2
  1. ื›ึผึดึคื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. ืึนึฃืจึถืšึฐสพลrekorek: lengthH753
  3. ื™ึธึญืžึดื™ืyฤmรฎmyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  4. ื•ึผืฉืึฐื ึฃื•ึนืชรปลกฤ•nรดtshaneh: a year (as a revolution of time)H8141
  5. ื—ึทื™ึผึดึ‘ื™ืแธฅayyรฎmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  6. ื•ึฐึืฉืึธืœึ—ื•ึนืwฤ•ลกฤlรดmshalowm: safe; (figuratively) well, happy, friendlyH7965
  7. ื™ื•ึนืกึดึฅื™ืคื•ึผyรดsรฎpรปyacaph: to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)H3254
3
  1. ื—ึถึฅืกึถื“แธฅesedcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
  2. ื•ึถืึฑืžึถึ—ืชweสพฤ•metemeth: stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessH571
  3. ืึทึฝืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  4. ื™ึทืขึทึซื–ึฐื‘ึปึฅืšึธyaสฟazbukฤ`azab: to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etcH5800
  5. ืงึธืฉืึฐืจึตึฅืqoลกrฤ“mqashar: bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason)H7194
  6. ืขึทืœสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. ื’ึผึทืจึฐื’ึผึฐืจื•ึนืชึถึ‘ื™ืšึธgargฤ•rรดtรชkฤgargrowth: the throat (as used in rumination)H1621
  8. ื›ึผึธึืชึฐื‘ึตึ—ืkฤtฤ•bฤ“mkathab: to engrave, carve; (by implication) to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)H3789
  9. ืขึทืœสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  10. ืœึฅื•ึผื—ึทlรปaแธฅluwach: probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metalH3871
  11. ืœึดื‘ึผึถึฝืšึธืƒlibbekฤleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
4
  1. ื•ึผืžึฐืฆึธืรปmฤ•แนฃฤสพmatsa': (properly) to come forth to, i.e. appear or existH4672
  2. ื—ึตึ–ืŸแธฅฤ“nchen: graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)H2580
  3. ื•ึฐืฉื‚ึตึฝื›ึถืœwฤ•ล›ฤ“kelsekel: intelligence; (by implication) successH7922
  4. ื˜ึ‘ื•ึนื‘แนญรดbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  5. ื‘ึผึฐืขึตื™ื ึตึ–ื™bฤ•สฟรชnรช`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  6. ืึฑืœึนื”ึดึฃื™ืสพฤ•lลhรฎmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  7. ื•ึฐืึธื“ึธึฝืืƒwฤ•สพฤdฤmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
5
  1. ื‘ึผึฐื˜ึทึฃื—bฤ•แนญaแธฅbatach: (properly) to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620)H982
  2. ืึถืœสพelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  3. ื™ึฐึญื”ื•ึธื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  4. ื‘ึผึฐื›ึธืœbฤ•kฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  5. ืœึดื‘ึผึถึ‘ืšึธlibbekฤleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  6. ื•ึฐืึถืœwฤ•สพelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  7. ื‘ึผึดึึฝื™ื ึธืชึฐืšึธึ—bรฎnotkฤbiynah: understandingH998
  8. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  9. ืชึผึดืฉืึผึธืขึตึฝืŸืƒtiลกลกฤสฟฤ“nsha`an: to support one's selfH8172
6
  1. ื‘ึผึฐื›ึธืœbฤ•kฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  2. ื“ึผึฐืจึธื›ึถึฅื™ืšึธdฤ•rฤkรชkฤderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  3. ื“ึธืขึตึ‘ื”ื•ึผdฤสฟฤ“hรปyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  4. ื•ึฐึื”ึ—ื•ึผืwฤ•hรปสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  5. ื™ึฐื™ึทืฉืึผึตึฅืจyฤ•yaลกลกฤ“ryashar: to be straight or even; (figuratively) to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperousH3474
  6. ืึนึฝืจึฐื—ึนืชึถึฝื™ืšึธืƒสพลrฤ•แธฅลtรชkฤorach: (literally or figuratively) a well-trodden roadH734
7
  1. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. ืชึผึฐื”ึดึฃื™tฤ•hรฎhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  3. ื—ึธื›ึธึฃืแธฅฤkฤmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  4. ื‘ึผึฐืขึตื™ื ึถึ‘ื™ืšึธbฤ•สฟรชnรชkฤ`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  5. ื™ึฐืจึธึฅืyฤ•rฤสพyare': to fear; morally, to revereH3372
  6. ืึถืชสพeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  7. ื™ึฐึื”ื•ึธึ—ื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  8. ื•ึฐืกึฃื•ึผืจwฤ•sรปrcuwr: to turn off (literal or figurative)H5493
  9. ืžึตืจึธึฝืขืƒmฤ“rฤสฟra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
8
  1. ืจึดึญืคึฐืื•ึผืชripสพรปtriph'uwth: a cureH7500
  2. ืชึผึฐื”ึดึฃื™tฤ•hรฎhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  3. ืœึฐืฉืึธืจึผึถึ‘ืšึธlฤ•ลกorrekฤshor: a string (as twisted), i.e. (specifically) the umbilical cord (also figuratively, as the centre of strength)H8270
  4. ื•ึฐึืฉืึดืงึผึ—ื•ึผื™wฤ•ลกiqqรปyshiqquwy: a beverage; moisture, i.e. (figuratively) refreshmentH8250
  5. ืœึฐืขึทืฆึฐืžื•ึนืชึถึฝื™ืšึธืƒlฤ•สฟaแนฃmรดtรชkฤ`etsem: a bone (as strong); by extension, the bodyH6106
9
  1. ื›ึผึทื‘ึผึตึฃื“kabbฤ“dkabad: to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorableH3513
  2. ืึถืชสพeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  3. ื™ึฐึญื”ื•ึธื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  4. ืžึตื”ื•ึนื ึถึ‘ืšึธmฤ“hรดnekฤhown: wealth; (by implication) enoughH1952
  5. ื•ึผึืžึตืจึตืืฉืึดึ—ื™ืชรปmฤ“rฤ“สพลกรฎtshiyth: the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)H7225
  6. ื›ึผึธืœkฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  7. ืชึผึฐื‘ื•ึผืึธืชึถึฝืšึธืƒtฤ•bรปสพฤtekฤtbuw'ah: income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)H8393
10
  1. ื•ึฐื™ึดืžึผึธืœึฐืึฃื•ึผwฤ•yimmolสพรปmale': to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)H4390
  2. ืึฒืกึธืžึถึฃื™ืšึธสพฤƒsฤmรชkฤacam: a storehouse (only in the plural)H618
  3. ืฉื‚ึธื‘ึธึ‘ืขล›ฤbฤสฟsaba`: copiousnessH7647
  4. ื•ึฐึืชึดื™ืจึ—ื•ึนืฉืwฤ•tรฎrรดลกtiyrowsh: must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out)H8492
  5. ื™ึฐืงึธื‘ึถึฅื™ืšึธyฤ•qฤbรชkฤyeqeb: a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drainsH3342
  6. ื™ึดืคึฐืจึนึฝืฆื•ึผืƒyiprลแนฃรปparats: to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)H6555
11
  1. ืžื•ึผืกึทึฃืจmรปsarmuwcar: (properly) chastisement; (figuratively) reproof, warning or instructionH4148
  2. ื™ึฐึญื”ื•ึธื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. ื‘ึผึฐื ึดึฃื™bฤ•nรฎben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  4. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  5. ืชึผึดืžึฐืึธึ‘ืกtimสพฤsma'ac: to spurn; (intransitively) to disappearH3988
  6. ื•ึฐืึทืœwฤ•สพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  7. ืชึผึธึืงึนึ—ืฅtฤqลแนฃquwts: to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxiousH6973
  8. ื‘ึผึฐืชื•ึนื›ึทื—ึฐืชึผึฝื•ึนืƒbฤ•tรดkaแธฅtรดtowkechah: chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)H8433
12
  1. ื›ึผึดึคื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. ืึถึฅืชสพeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  3. ืึฒืฉืึถึฃืจสพฤƒลกeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  4. ื™ึถืึฑื”ึทึฃื‘yeสพฤ•habahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  5. ื™ึฐื”ื•ึธึฃื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  6. ื™ื•ึนื›ึดึ‘ื™ื—ึทyรดkรฎaแธฅyakach: to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argueH3198
  7. ื•ึผึื›ึฐืึธึ—ื‘รปkฤ•สพฤbab: fatherH1
  8. ืึถืชสพeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  9. ื‘ึผึตึฅืŸbฤ“nben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  10. ื™ึดืจึฐืฆึถึฝื”ืƒyirแนฃeratsah: to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debtH7521
13
  1. ืึทืฉืึฐืจึตึฃื™สพaลกrรชesher: happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!H835
  2. ืึธึญื“ึธืสพฤdomadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  3. ืžึธืฆึธึฃืmฤแนฃฤสพmatsa': (properly) to come forth to, i.e. appear or existH4672
  4. ื—ึธื›ึฐืžึธึ‘ื”แธฅokmรขchokmah: wisdom (in a good sense)H2451
  5. ื•ึฐึืึธื“ึธึ—ืwฤ•สพฤdฤmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  6. ื™ึธืคึดึฅื™ืงyฤpรฎqpuwq: to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secureH6329
  7. ืชึผึฐื‘ื•ึผื ึธึฝื”ืƒtฤ•bรปnรขtabuwn: intelligence; (by implication) an argumentH8394
14
  1. ื›ึผึดึคื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. ื˜ึฃื•ึนื‘แนญรดbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  3. ืกึทึญื—ึฐืจึธื”ึผsaแธฅrohcachar: profit (from trade)H5504
  4. ืžึดืกึผึฐื—ึทืจmissฤ•แธฅarcachar: an emporium; abstractly, profit (from trade)H5505
  5. ื›ึผึธึ‘ืกึถืฃkฤsepkeceph: silver (from its pale color); (by implication) moneyH3701
  6. ื•ึผึืžึตื—ึธืจึ—ื•ึผืฅรปmฤ“แธฅฤrรปแนฃcharuwts: (properly) incised or (active) incisiveH2742
  7. ืชึผึฐื‘ื•ึผืึธืชึธึฝื”ึผืƒtฤ•bรปสพฤtฤhtbuw'ah: income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)H8393
15
  1. ื™ึฐืงึธึฃืจึธื”yฤ•qฤrรขyaqar: valuableH3368
  2. ื”ึดึญื™ืhรฎสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  3. ืžึดืคึผึฐื ึดื™ื™ึดึ‘ืmippฤ•nรฎyimpaniyn: probably a pearl (as round)H6443
  4. ื•ึฐื›ึธืœwฤ•kฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  5. ื—ึึฒืคึธืฆึถึ—ื™ืšึธแธฅฤƒpฤแนฃรชkฤchephets: pleasure; (hence, abstractly) desireH2656
  6. ืœึนึฃืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. ื™ึดึฝืฉืึฐื•ื•ึผyiลกฤ•wรปshavah: (properly) to level, i.e. equalize; (figuratively) to resembleH7737
16
  1. ืึนึฃืจึถืšึฐสพลrekorek: lengthH753
  2. ื™ึธึญืžึดื™ืyฤmรฎmyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  3. ื‘ึผึดึฝื™ืžึดื™ื ึธึ‘ื”ึผbรฎmรฎnฤhyamiyn: the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous)H3225
  4. ื‘ึผึดึืฉื‚ึฐืžึนืื•ืœึธึ—ื”ึผbiล›mลwlฤhsmo'wl: (properly) dark (as enveloped), i.e. the northH8040
  5. ืขึนึฃืฉืึถืจสฟลลกer`osher: wealthH6239
  6. ื•ึฐื›ึธื‘ึฝื•ึนื“ืƒwฤ•kฤbรดdkabowd: (properly) weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519
17
  1. ื“ึผึฐืจึธื›ึถึฅื™ื”ึธdฤ•rฤkรชhฤderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  2. ื“ึทืจึฐื›ึตื™darkรชderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  3. ื ึนึ‘ืขึทืnลสฟamno`am: agreeableness, i.e. delight, suitableness, splendor or graceH5278
  4. ื•ึฐึฝื›ึธืœwฤ•kolkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  5. ื ึฐืชึดึ–ื™ื‘ื•ึนืชึถึฃื™ื”ึธnฤ•tรฎbรดtรชhฤnathiyb: a (beaten) trackH5410
  6. ืฉืึธืœึฝื•ึนืืƒลกฤlรดmshalowm: safe; (figuratively) well, happy, friendlyH7965
18
  1. ืขึตืฅสฟฤ“แนฃ`ets: a tree (from its firmness); (hence) wood (plural sticks)H6086
  2. ื—ึทื™ึผึดึฃื™ืแธฅayyรฎmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  3. ื”ึดึญื™ืhรฎสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  4. ืœึทืžึผึทื—ึฒื–ึดื™ืงึดึฃื™ืlammaแธฅฤƒzรฎqรฎmchazaq: to fasten uponH2388
  5. ื‘ึผึธึ‘ื”ึผbฤh
  6. ื•ึฐึฝืชึนืžึฐื›ึถึฅื™ื”ึธwฤ•tลmฤ•kรชhฤtamak: to sustain; (by implication) to obtain, keep fastH8551
  7. ืžึฐืึปืฉืึผึธึฝืจืƒmฤ•สพuลกลกฤrashar: to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy)H833
19
  1. ื™ึฐึฝื”ื•ึธึ—ื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  2. ื‘ึผึฐื—ึธื›ึฐืžึธึฅื”bฤ•แธฅokmรขchokmah: wisdom (in a good sense)H2451
  3. ื™ึธึฝืกึทื“yฤsadyacad: to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to foundH3245
  4. ืึธึ‘ืจึถืฅสพฤreแนฃerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  5. ื›ึผื•ึนื ึตึฅืŸkรดnฤ“nkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
  6. ืฉืึธึืžึทึ—ื™ึดืลกฤmayimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
  7. ื‘ึผึดืชึฐื‘ื•ึผื ึธึฝื”ืƒbitbรปnรขtabuwn: intelligence; (by implication) an argumentH8394
20
  1. ื‘ึผึฐึญื“ึทืขึฐืชึผื•ึนbฤ•daสฟtรดda`ath: knowledgeH1847
  2. ืชึผึฐื”ื•ึนืžึฃื•ึนืชtฤ•hรดmรดtthowm: an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)H8415
  3. ื ึดื‘ึฐืงึธึ‘ืขื•ึผnibqฤสฟรปbaqa`: to cleave; (generally) to rend, break, rip or openH1234
  4. ื•ึผึืฉืึฐื—ึธืงึดึ—ื™ืรปลกฤ•แธฅฤqรฎmshachaq: a powder (as beaten small); by extension, the firmamentH7834
  5. ื™ึดืจึฐืขึฒืคื•ึผyirสฟฤƒpรปra`aph: to dripH7491
  6. ื˜ึธึฝืœืƒแนญฤltal: dew (as covering vegetation)H2919
21
  1. ื‘ึผึฐึญื ึดื™bฤ•nรฎben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  2. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  3. ื™ึธืœึปึฃื–ื•ึผyฤluzรปluwz: to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverseH3868
  4. ืžึตืขึตื™ื ึถึ‘ื™ืšึธmฤ“สฟรชnรชkฤ`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  5. ื ึฐืฆึนึฅืจnฤ•แนฃลrnatsar: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)H5341
  6. ืชึผึปึืฉืึดื™ึผึธึ—ื”tuลกiyyรขtuwshiyah: support; (by implication) abilityH8454
  7. ื•ึผืžึฐื–ึดืžึผึธึฝื”ืƒรปmฤ•zimmรขmzimmah: a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)H4209
22
  1. ื•ึฐื™ึดึฝื”ึฐื™ึฃื•ึผwฤ•yihฤ•yรปhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  2. ื—ึทื™ึผึดึฃื™ืแธฅayyรฎmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  3. ืœึฐื ึทืคึฐืฉืึถึ‘ืšึธlฤ•napลกekฤnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  4. ื•ึฐึื—ึตึ—ืŸwฤ•แธฅฤ“nchen: graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)H2580
  5. ืœึฐื’ึทืจึฐื’ึผึฐืจึนืชึถึฝื™ืšึธืƒlฤ•gargฤ•rลtรชkฤgargrowth: the throat (as used in rumination)H1621
23
  1. ืึธึคื–สพฤzaz: at that time or place; (as a conjunction) thereforeH227
  2. ืชึผึตืœึตึฃืšึฐtฤ“lฤ“khalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  3. ืœึธื‘ึถึฃื˜ึทื—lฤbeแนญaแธฅbetach: (properly) a place of refuge; (abstract) safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust)H983
  4. ื“ึผึทืจึฐื›ึผึถึ‘ืšึธdarkekฤderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  5. ื•ึฐึืจึทื’ึฐืœึฐืšึธึ—wฤ•raglฤ•kฤregel: a foot (as used in walking); (by implication) a stepH7272
  6. ืœึนึฃืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. ืชึดื’ึผึฝื•ึนืฃืƒtiggรดpnagaph: to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)H5062
24
  1. ืึดืสพimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  2. ืชึผึดืฉืึฐื›ึผึทึฅื‘tiลกkabshakab: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)H7901
  3. ืœึนึฝืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. ืชึดืคึฐื—ึธึ‘ื“tipแธฅฤdpachad: to be startled (by a sudden alarm); (hence) to fear in generalH6342
  5. ื•ึฐึืฉืึธื›ึทื‘ึฐืชึผึธึ—wฤ•ลกฤkabtฤshakab: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)H7901
  6. ื•ึฐึฝืขึธืจึฐื‘ึธึฅื”wฤ•สฟorbรข`areb: to be agreeableH6149
  7. ืฉืึฐื ึธืชึถึฝืšึธืƒลกฤ•nฤtekฤshehah: sleepH8142
25
  1. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. ืชึผึดึญื™ืจึธืtรฎrฤสพyare': to fear; morally, to revereH3372
  3. ืžึดืคึผึทึฃื—ึทื“mippaแธฅadpachad: a (sudden) alarm; (properly) the object fearedH6343
  4. ืคึผึดืชึฐืึนึ‘ืpitสพลmpith'owm: instantlyH6597
  5. ื•ึผืžึดืฉืึผึนืึทึฅืชรปmiลกลกลสพatshow': a tempest; (by implication) devastationH7722
  6. ืจึฐึืฉืึธืขึดึ—ื™ืrฤ•ลกฤสฟรฎmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  7. ื›ึผึดึฃื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  8. ืชึธื‘ึนึฝืืƒtฤbลสพbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
26
  1. ื›ึผึดึฝื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. ื™ึฐึญื”ื•ึธื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. ื™ึดื”ึฐื™ึถึฃื”yihyehayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  4. ื‘ึฐื›ึดืกึฐืœึถึ‘ืšึธbฤ•kislekฤkecel: (properly) fatness; (by implication, literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat)H3689
  5. ื•ึฐืฉืึธืžึทึ–ืจwฤ•ลกฤmarshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  6. ืจึทื’ึฐืœึฐืšึธึฃraglฤ•kฤregel: a foot (as used in walking); (by implication) a stepH7272
  7. ืžึดืœึผึธึฝื›ึถื“ืƒmillฤkedleked: something to capture with, i.e. a nooseH3921
27
  1. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. ืชึผึดืžึฐื ึทืขtimnaสฟmana`: to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injuryH4513
  3. ื˜ึฅื•ึนื‘แนญรดbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  4. ืžึดื‘ึผึฐืขึธืœึธึ‘ื™ื•mibbฤ•สฟฤlฤywba`al: a masterH1167
  5. ื‘ึผึดื”ึฐื™ึจื•ึนืชbihyรดthayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  6. ืœึฐืึตึ–ืœlฤ•สพฤ“lel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
  7. ื™ึธื“ึฐื™ืšึธึฃyodykฤyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  8. ืœึทืขึฒืฉื‚ึฝื•ึนืชืƒlaสฟฤƒล›รดt`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
28
  1. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. ืชึผึนึ˜ืืžึทึคืจtลสพmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  3. ืœึฐืจึตึฝืขึฒื™ืšึธึ™ื€lฤ•rฤ“สฟฤƒykฤrea`: an associate (more or less close)H7453
  4. ืœึตึฃืšึฐlฤ“khalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  5. ื•ึธึญืฉืื•ึผื‘wฤลกรปbshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  6. ื•ึผืžึธื—ึธึฅืจรปmฤแธฅฤrmachar: (properly) deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrowH4279
  7. ืึถืชึผึตึ—ืŸสพettฤ“nnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  8. ื•ึฐื™ึตึฃืฉืwฤ•yฤ“ลกyesh: entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961)H3426
  9. ืึดืชึผึธึฝืšึฐืƒสพittฤketh: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
29
  1. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. ืชึผึทื—ึฒืจึนึฃืฉืtaแธฅฤƒrลลกra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  3. ืขึทืœสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  4. ืจึตืขึฒืšึธึฃrฤ“สฟฤƒkฤrea`: an associate (more or less close)H7453
  5. ืจึธืขึธึ‘ื”rฤสฟรขcharash: to scratch; (by implication) to engrave, ploughH2790
  6. ื•ึฐื”ึฝื•ึผืwฤ•hรปสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  7. ื™ื•ึนืฉืึตึ–ื‘yรดลกฤ“byashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  8. ืœึธื‘ึถึฃื˜ึทื—lฤbeแนญaแธฅbetach: (properly) a place of refuge; (abstract) safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust)H983
  9. ืึดืชึผึธึฝืšึฐืƒสพittฤketh: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
30
  1. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. ืชึผึธืจึดึฃื•ื‘tฤriwbriyb: (properly) to toss, i.e. grapple; (mostly figuratively) to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversyH7378
  3. ืขึดืสฟim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
  4. ืึธื“ึธึฃืสพฤdฤmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  5. ื—ึดื ึผึธึ‘ืแธฅinnฤmchinnam: gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantageH2600
  6. ืึดืสพimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  7. ืœึนึ–ืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. ื’ึฐืžึธืœึฐืšึธึฃgฤ•molkฤgamal: to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requiteH1580
  9. ืจึธืขึธึฝื”ืƒrฤสฟรขra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
31
  1. ืึทืœสพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. ืชึผึฐึญืงึทื ึผึตืtฤ•qannฤ“สพqana': to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or enviousH7065
  3. ื‘ึผึฐืึดึฃื™ืฉืbฤ•สพรฎลกiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  4. ื—ึธืžึธึ‘ืกแธฅฤmฤschamac: violence; (by implication) wrongH2555
  5. ื•ึฐืึทืœwฤ•สพalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  6. ืชึผึดึื‘ึฐื—ึทึ—ืจtibแธฅarbachar: (properly) to try; (by implication) selectH977
  7. ื‘ึผึฐื›ึธืœbฤ•kฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  8. ื“ึผึฐืจึธื›ึธึฝื™ื•ืƒdฤ•rฤkฤywderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
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  1. ื›ึผึดึคื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. ืชื•ึนืขึฒื‘ึทึฃืชtรดสฟฤƒbattow`ebah: (properly) something disgusting; (morally, as noun) an abhorrenceH8441
  3. ื™ึฐื”ื•ึธึฃื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  4. ื ึธืœึ‘ื•ึนื–nฤlรดzluwz: to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverseH3868
  5. ื•ึฐึฝืึถืชwฤ•สพeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  6. ื™ึฐืฉืึธืจึดึฅื™ืyฤ•ลกฤrรฎmyashar: straightH3477
  7. ืกื•ึนื“ึฝื•ึนืƒsรดdรดcowd: a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation)H5475
33
  1. ืžึฐืึตืจึทึฃืชmฤ•สพฤ“ratmerah: an execrationH3994
  2. ื™ึฐึญื”ื•ึธื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. ื‘ึผึฐื‘ึตึฃื™ืชbฤ•bรชtbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  4. ืจึธืฉืึธึ‘ืขrฤลกฤสฟrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  5. ื•ึผื ึฐื•ึตึ–ื”รปnฤ•wฤ“naveh: (adjectively) at home; (by implication of satisfaction) lovelyH5116
  6. ืฆึทื“ึผึดื™ืงึดึฃื™ืแนฃaddรฎqรฎmtsaddiyq: justH6662
  7. ื™ึฐื‘ึธืจึตึฝืšึฐืƒyฤ•bฤrฤ“kbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
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  1. ืึดืสพimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  2. ืœึทืœึผึตืฆึดึฅื™ืlallฤ“แนฃรฎmluwts: (properly) to make mouths at, i.e. to scoffH3887
  3. ื”ึฝื•ึผืhรปสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  4. ื™ึธืœึดึ‘ื™ืฅyฤlรฎแนฃluwts: (properly) to make mouths at, i.e. to scoffH3887
  5. ื•ึฐึืœึทืขึฒื ึธื™ึดึ—ื™ืwฤ•laสฟฤƒnฤyรฎm`anav: depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)H6035
  6. ื™ึดืชึผึถืŸyittennathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  7. ื—ึตึฝืŸืƒแธฅฤ“nchen: graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)H2580
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  1. ื›ึผึธึญื‘ื•ึนื“kฤbรดdkabowd: (properly) weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519
  2. ื—ึฒื›ึธืžึดึฃื™ืแธฅฤƒkฤmรฎmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  3. ื™ึดื ึฐื—ึธึ‘ืœื•ึผyinแธฅฤlรปnachal: to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent)H5157
  4. ื•ึผึื›ึฐืกึดื™ืœึดึ—ื™ืรปkฤ•sรฎlรฎmkciyl: (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or sillyH3684
  5. ืžึตืจึดึฅื™ืmฤ“rรฎmruwm: to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)H7311
  6. ืงึธืœึฝื•ึนืŸืƒqฤlรดnqalown: disgrace; (by implication) the pudendaH7036

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Strong's words in Proverbs 3 (6)
Strong's H408 — ืึทืœ (สพal)
al (al) adv. 1. (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative) 2. (as a noun) nothing (used once in Job 24 [a negative particle (akin to H3808)] KJV: nay, neither, + never, no ,nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than. Root(s): H3808. Appears 14 times in Proverbs 3.
Strong's H3068 — ื™ึฐึญื”ื•ึธื” (yฤ•hwรข)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 9 times in Proverbs 3.
Strong's H3605 — ื‘ึผึฐื›ึธืœ (bฤ•kฤl)
kol (kole) (or (Jer. 33) n-m. 1. (properly) the whole 2. (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) [from H3634] KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). Root(s): H3634. Appears 6 times in Proverbs 3.
Strong's H1870 — ื“ึผึฐืจึธื›ึถึฅื™ืšึธ (dฤ•rฤkรชkฤ)
derek (deh'-rek) n-m. 1. a road (as trodden) 2. (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverb [from H1869] KJV: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever). Root(s): H1869. Appears 5 times in Proverbs 3.
Strong's H1961 — ืชึผึฐื”ึดึฃื™ (tฤ•hรฎ)
hayah (haw-yaw) v. 1. to exist 2. to be or become 3. to come into being, i.e. to happen, to occur (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) [a primitive root] KJV: beacon, X altogether, be. Appears 5 times in Proverbs 3.
Strong's H1121 — ื‘ึผึฐึญื ึดื™ (bฤ•nรฎ)
ben (bane) n-m. 1. a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001 H0251, etc.)) [from H1129] KJV: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. Root(s): H1129 See also: H1, H251. Appears 4 times in Proverbs 3.

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“This is what the holy Word says about it: โ€œThe Lord has disciplined me severely and has not given me up to death. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and punishes every son he accepts.โ€ โ€ฆ Do not refuse the Almightyโ€™s warning.”

— Clement of Rome (1st century) on Proverbs 3:12
What the Early Church wrote about Proverbs 3 (4)

  • “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

  • “Anyone, therefore, who fails to assemble with the others has already shown his pride and set himself apart. For it is written, โ€œGod resists the proud.โ€ Let us be careful, therefore, not to oppose the bishop, so that we may be obedient to God.”

  • “And He uses the bitter and biting language of reproof in His consolations by Solomon, tacitly alluding to the love for children that characterizes His instruction: "My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him: for whom the Lord l...”

  • “By His wisdom God founded the earth; and by knowledge He prepared the heavens; and by understanding were the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the clouds poured out their dews.”

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