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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Proverbs 3

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Chapter 3

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

forget

1:8 4:5 31:5 Deuteronomy 4:23 Psalms 119:93,153,176 Hosea 4:6

let

Deuteronomy 4:9 6:6-9 8:1 30:16-20 Psalms 119:11,16,34,47,48 Isaiah 51:17 Jeremiah 31:33 John 14:21-24

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

length

16 4:10 9:11 Job 5:26 Psalms 34:11-14 91:16 128:6 Ephesians 6:1-3 1 Timothy 4:8

long life

Heb. years of life.

Psalms 21:4

and peace

17 Psalms 119:165 Isaiah 32:17 57:19-21 Romans 5:1 14:17 15:13

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

mercy

16:6 20:28 2 Samuel 15:20 Psalms 25:10 Hosea 4:1 Micah 7:18-20 Malachi 2:6 Matthew 23:23 Ephesians 5:1,2,9

bind

6:21 7:3 Exodus 13:9 Deuteronomy 6:8 11:18-21 Psalms 119:11

write

Jeremiah 17:1 2 Corinthians 3:3 Hebrews 10:16

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

shalt

Genesis 39:2-4,21 1 Samuel 2:26 Psalms 111:10 Daniel 1:9 Luke 2:52 Acts 2:47 Romans 14:18

good understanding

or, good success.

Joshua 1:7,8 *marg:; Psalms 111:10

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

Trust

22:19 Job 13:15 Psalms 37:3,5,7 62:8 115:9-11 125:1 146:3-5 Isaiah 12:2 26:3,4 Jeremiah 17:7,8 Ephesians 1:12

and

7 23:4 28:26 Jeremiah 9:23 10:23 Romans 12:16 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 8:1,2

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

In

16:3 23:17 1 Samuel 4:11,12 30:8 1 Chronicles 28:9 Ezra 7:27 8:22,23 Nehemiah 1:11 2:4 1 Corinthians 10:31 2 Corinthians 8:16 Philippians 4:6 Colossians 3:17,23

and

16:9 Psalms 25:8,9 32:8 Isaiah 30:21 48:17 Jeremiah 10:23 James 1:5

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

Be

26:12 Isaiah 5:21 Romans 11:25 12:16

fear

14:27 16:6 Nehemiah 5:15 Job 1:1 28:28 Psalms 34:11-14 Ecclesiastes 12:13

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

shall

4:22 16:24 Psalms 147:3 Isaiah 1:6 Jeremiah 30:12,13

health

Heb. medicine. thy.

Ezekiel 16:4,5

marrow

Heb. watering, or moistening.

Job 21:24

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

14:31 Genesis 14:18-21 28:22 Exodus 22:29 23:19 34:26 35:20-29 Numbers 7:2-89 31:50-54 Deuteronomy 26:2-15 Haggai 1:4-9 Malachi 3:8,9 Mark 14:7,8,10-21 Luke 14:13,14 1 Corinthians 16:2 2 Corinthians 8:2,3,8,9 Philippians 4:17,18 1 John 3:17,18

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

11:24,25 19:17 22:9 Leviticus 26:2-5 Deuteronomy 28:8 Ecclesiastes 11:1,2 Haggai 2:19 Malachi 3:10,11 Matthew 10:42 2 Corinthians 9:6-11

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

My

Job 5:17 Psalms 94:12 1 Corinthians 11:32 Hebrews 12:5,6 Revelation 3:19

neither

24:10 Job 4:5 Isaiah 40:30,31 2 Corinthians 4:1,16,17 Hebrews 12:3,7-12

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

29:17 Deuteronomy 8:5 Psalms 103:13

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

is the

4:5-9 8:32-35 1 Kings 10:1-9,23,24 Ecclesiastes 9:15-18

getteth

Heb. draweth out.

2:4 18:1

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

2:4 8:10,11,19 16:16 2 Chronicles 1:11,12 Job 28:13-19 Psalms 119:72,111,162 Matthew 16:26 Philippians 3:8,9 Revelation 3:18

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

more

8:11 20:15 31:10 Matthew 13:44-46

all

Psalms 63:3 73:25,26 Romans 8:18

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Length

2 4:10 Psalms 21:4 71:9 1 Timothy 4:8

and

4:6-9 8:18-21 1 Kings 3:13 Mark 10:30 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 2 Corinthians 6:10

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

ways of

2:10 22:18 Psalms 19:10,11 63:3-5 112:1 119:14,47,103,174 Matthew 11:28-30

all

Psalms 25:10 37:11 119:165 Isaiah 26:3 57:19 Luke 1:79 Romans 5:1 Philippians 4:8,9

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

11:30 13:12 Genesis 2:9 3:22 Revelation 22:2

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

Lord

8:27-29 Psalms 104:24 136:5 Jeremiah 10:12 51:15 John 1:3

established

or, prepared.

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

the depths

Genesis 1:9 7:11 Job 38:8-11 Psalms 104:8,9

the clouds

Genesis 27:28,37-39 Deuteronomy 33:28 Job 36:27,28 38:26-28 Psalms 65:9-12 Jeremiah 14:22 Joel 2:23

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

let

1-3 Deuteronomy 4:9 6:6-9 Joshua 1:8 John 8:31 15:6,7 Hebrews 2:1-3 1 John 2:24,27

keep

2:7 Deuteronomy 32:46,47

So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

life

4:22 Isaiah 38:16 John 12:49,50

grace

1:9

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

2:8 4:12 10:9 Psalms 37:23,24,31 91:11 121:3,8 Zechariah 10:12

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

liest

6:22 Leviticus 26:6 Psalms 3:5 4:8 121:4-7 Ezekiel 34:15

and

Psalms 127:2 Jeremiah 31:26 Acts 12:6 1 Thessalonians 4:13,14

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

Be

Job 5:21,22 11:13-15 Psalms 27:1,2 46:1-3 91:5 112:7 Isaiah 8:12,13 Isaiah 41:10-14 Daniel 3:17,18 Matthew 8:24-26 24:6 Mark 4:40 Luke 21:9 John 14:1 1 Peter 3:14

neither

1:27 Psalms 73:19 Matthew 24:15 Luke 21:18-28

For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Lord

14:26 Psalms 91:3,9,10 Habakkuk 3:17,18

shall keep

1 Samuel 2:9

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

Withhold

Romans 13:7 Galatians 6:10 Titus 2:14 James 2:15,16 5:4

them to whom it is due

Heb. the owners thereof. in the.

Genesis 31:29 Micah 2:1

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

27:1 Leviticus 19:13 Deuteronomy 24:12-15 Ecclesiastes 9:10 11:6 2 Corinthians 8:11 9:3 1 Timothy 6:18

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

Devise not evil

or, Practise no evil.

6:14,18 16:29,30 Psalms 35:20 55:20 59:3 Jeremiah 18:18-20 Micah 2:1,2

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

17:14 18:6 25:8,9 29:22 Matthew 5:39-41 Romans 12:18-21 1 Corinthians 6:6-8 2 Timothy 2:24

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

Envy

23:17 24:1,19,20 Psalms 37:1,7-9 73:3 Galatians 5:21

the oppressor

Heb. a man of violence.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

choose

1:15-18 2:12-15 12:12 22:22-25

For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

the froward

6:6-19 8:13 11:20 17:15 Psalms 18:26 Luke 16:15

his

14:10 Psalms 25:14 Matthew 11:25 13:11 John 14:21-24 15:15 Revelation 2:17

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

curse

21:12 Leviticus 26:14-46 Deuteronomy 7:26 28:15-68 29:19-29 Joshua 6:18 7:13 Psalms 37:22 Zechariah 5:3,4 Malachi 2:2

he blesseth

Deuteronomy 28:2-14 2 Samuel 6:11 Job 8:6,7 Psalms 1:3 91:10

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

he scorneth

9:7,8,12 19:29 21:24 Psalms 138:6

he giveth

Isaiah 57:15 James 4:6 1 Peter 5:5

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

wise

4:8 1 Samuel 2:30 Psalms 73:24

but

13:8 Psalms 132:18 Isaiah 65:13-15 Daniel 12:2,3

shall be the promotion of fools

Heb. exalteth the fools.