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Book of Proverbs, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of Proverbs—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ My son, my law do not forget,1 and my commandments may your heart observe,2
  2. because length of days and years of life3 and peace will be added[a] to you.4
  3. May loving-kindness[b] and trueness[c] themselves not leave you.5 Tie them about your throat.6 Write them upon the tablet of your heart,7
  4. and so find favor and good insight in the eyes of God[d] and of earthling man.[e]8
  5. Trust in Jehovah with all your heart9 and do not lean upon your own understanding.10
  6. In all your ways take notice of him,11 and he himself will make your paths straight.12
  7. ¶ Do not become wise in your own eyes.13 Fear Jehovah and turn away from bad.14
  8. May it become a healing15 to your navel and a refreshment[f] to your bones.16
  9. ¶ Honor Jehovah with your valuable things17 and with the firstfruits of all your produce.18
  10. Then your stores of supply will be filled with plenty;19 and with new wine your own press vats will overflow.[g]20
  11. ¶ The discipline of Jehovah, O my son, do not reject;21 and do not abhor his reproof,22
  12. because the one whom Jehovah loves he reproves,23 even as a father does a son in whom he finds pleasure.24
  13. ¶ Happy is the man that has found wisdom,25 and the man that gets discernment,26
  14. for having it as gain is better than having silver as gain and having it as produce than gold[h]27 itself.
  15. It[i] is more precious than corals,28 and all other delights of yours cannot be made equal to it.
  16. Length of days is in its right hand;29 in its left hand there are riches and glory.[j]30
  17. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its roadways are peace.31
  18. It is a tree of life32 to those taking hold of it, and those keeping fast hold of it33 are to be called happy.34
  19. ¶ Jehovah himself in wisdom founded the earth.35 He solidly fixed the heavens in discernment.36
  20. By his knowledge the watery deeps[k] themselves were split apart,37 and the cloudy skies keep dripping down light rain.38
  21. My son, may they not get away from your eyes.39 Safeguard practical wisdom and thinking ability,40
  22. and they will prove to be life to your soul41 and charm to your throat.42
  23. In that case you will walk in security43 on your way, and even your foot will not strike against anything.44
  24. Whenever you lie down you will feel no dread;45 and you will certainly lie down, and your sleep must be pleasurable.46
  25. You will not need to be afraid of any sudden dreadful thing,47 nor of the storm upon the wicked ones, because it is coming.48
  26. For Jehovah himself will prove to be, in effect, your confidence,[l]49 and he will certainly keep your foot against capture.50
  27. ¶ Do not hold back good from those to whom it is owing,[m]51 when it happens to be in the power of your hand to do [it].52
  28. Do not say to your fellowman: “Go, and come back and tomorrow I shall give,” when there is something with you.53
  29. Do not fabricate against your fellowman anything bad,54 when he is dwelling in a sense of security with you.55
  30. Do not quarrel with a man[n] without cause,56 if he has rendered no bad to you.57
  31. ¶ Do not become envious of the man[o] of violence,58 nor choose any of his ways.59
  32. For the devious60 person is a detestable thing to Jehovah,61 but His intimacy is with the upright ones.62
  33. The curse of Jehovah is on the house of the wicked one,63 but the abiding place of the righteous ones he blesses.64
  34. If it has to do with ridiculers,65 he himself will deride;66 but to the meek ones he will show favor.67
  35. Honor[p] is what the wise ones will come to possess,68 but the stupid ones are exalting dishonor.69

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “they will add.” The Heb. verb is third person masc. pl. (not fem. like “law” and “commandments” in vs 1), referring to an indefinite subject.
  2. ^ Or, “loyal love.”
  3. ^ Or, “and truth.” Heb., we·ʼemethʹ.
  4. ^ “In the eyes of God.” Heb., beʽeh·nehʹ ʼElo·himʹ.
  5. ^ “And of earthling man.” Heb., weʼa·dhamʹ.
  6. ^ Or, “moistening.” In Ps 102:9, “drink.”
  7. ^ Lit., “break forth.”
  8. ^ “And . . . than gold.” Heb., u·me·cha·rutsʹ.
  9. ^ Or, “She,” referring to “wisdom” in vs 13.
  10. ^ Or, “honor.”
  11. ^ Or, “surging waters.” Heb., tehoh·mohthʹ. Compare Ps 33:7 ftn, “Waters”; Ps 42:7 ftn, “Deep.”
  12. ^ Lit., “will prove to be in your confidence,” M; LXX, “will be on all your ways.”
  13. ^ Lit., “from its owners.” Heb., mib·beʽa·lavʹ, pl. of baʹʽal.
  14. ^ Or, “an earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
  15. ^ “Of the man of.” Heb., beʼishʹ.
  16. ^ Or, “Glory.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ De 4:23; Ho 4:6
  2. ^ De 4:6; Ps 119:34
  3. ^ Ps 21:4; Pr 10:27
  4. ^ Is 54:13
  5. ^ 2Sa 15:20; Ho 12:6
  6. ^ De 6:8
  7. ^ 2Co 3:3; Heb 10:16
  8. ^ Lu 2:52; 2Co 8:21
  9. ^ Ps 62:8; Is 26:4; Je 17:7
  10. ^ Pr 28:26; Je 9:23; 10:23; 1Co 3:18
  11. ^ 1Sa 23:2, 4; 1Ch 28:9; Ne 1:11; Pp 4:6; Col 3:17
  12. ^ Jos 1:7; Ps 25:9; Jm 1:5
  13. ^ Pr 26:12; Is 5:21; Ro 12:16
  14. ^ Ne 5:15; Pr 14:27; 16:6
  15. ^ Ps 103:3
  16. ^ Mt 11:29
  17. ^ Nu 31:50; De 16:16; Lu 16:9; 1Ti 6:18
  18. ^ Ex 23:19; De 26:2
  19. ^ De 28:8; 2Ch 31:10; Ml 3:10
  20. ^ Jl 2:24
  21. ^ Pr 15:32; Heb 12:5
  22. ^ Ps 94:12
  23. ^ 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:6; Re 3:19
  24. ^ De 8:5; Pr 23:15; Heb 12:7, 9
  25. ^ Ec 7:12
  26. ^ Pr 2:3; 10:23
  27. ^ Jb 28:15; Pr 8:10; 16:16
  28. ^ Jb 28:18; Pr 8:11
  29. ^ 1Ti 4:8
  30. ^ 2Co 6:10
  31. ^ Lu 1:79; Pp 4:9
  32. ^ Pr 11:30
  33. ^ Pp 2:16
  34. ^ Ps 1:1; Pr 2:10
  35. ^ Ps 104:24; Je 10:12; 1Co 8:6
  36. ^ Pr 8:27; Je 51:15
  37. ^ Ge 1:9; Ps 104:9; 136:6; 2Pe 3:5
  38. ^ Le 26:4; Jb 36:27; 38:37; Je 10:13
  39. ^ De 6:8; Eph 1:18
  40. ^ Pr 1:4; 5:2
  41. ^ Pr 4:22
  42. ^ Pr 1:9
  43. ^ Pr 10:9
  44. ^ Ps 91:12; 121:3; Pr 4:12; Is 26:7
  45. ^ Ps 3:5; 4:8; Pr 6:22
  46. ^ Ps 127:2; Ec 5:12; Je 31:26
  47. ^ Ps 27:1; Da 3:17; Lu 1:74; Jn 14:1; Pp 1:14
  48. ^ Ps 73:19; Mt 24:21; 1Th 5:2
  49. ^ Ps 91:9; Pr 10:29; 14:26; 28:1
  50. ^ 1Sa 2:9; Ps 91:14
  51. ^ Ro 13:7; Ga 6:6; Ti 3:1; Jm 2:16; 5:4
  52. ^ Ne 5:8; Pr 28:27
  53. ^ Le 19:13; De 24:13
  54. ^ Pr 6:18
  55. ^ Ps 35:20; 55:20
  56. ^ Pr 18:6; 20:3; 25:8
  57. ^ Ro 12:18; 1Pe 3:11
  58. ^ Ps 37:1; Pr 23:17; 24:1, 19
  59. ^ Pr 1:15
  60. ^ Pr 6:12; 14:2; Mc 3:11
  61. ^ Pr 6:16, 17; 11:20; Lu 16:15
  62. ^ Ps 15:2; 24:4; 25:14
  63. ^ De 28:15; Jos 7:24; Es 9:25; Zc 5:4; Ro 2:5; Col 3:6
  64. ^ De 28:2; Jb 42:12; Ps 37:25
  65. ^ 2Ki 2:23; Pr 1:22
  66. ^ Ps 138:6; Pr 19:29
  67. ^ Ps 37:11; 149:4; Is 57:15; Jm 4:6
  68. ^ Pr 12:8
  69. ^ Es 6:12; Ps 132:18; Pr 26:3

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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