Proverbs 3-5
New American Standard Bible
The Rewards of Wisdom
3 My son, (A)do not forget my [a]teaching,
But have your heart (B)comply with my commandments;
2 For (C)length of days and years of life
And peace they will add to you.
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.
4 So you will (G)find favor and a (H)good [b]reputation
In the sight of God and man.
5 (I)Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And (J)do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways (K)acknowledge Him,
And He will (L)make your paths straight.
7 (M)Do not be wise in your own eyes;
(N)Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
8 It will be (O)healing to your [c]body
And (P)refreshment to your bones.
9 (Q)Honor the Lord from your wealth,
And from the (R)first of all your produce;
10 Then your (S)barns will be filled with plenty,
And your (T)vats will overflow with new wine.
11 (U)My son, do not reject the [d]discipline of the Lord
Or loathe His rebuke,
12 For (V)whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
Just (W)as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.
13 (X)Blessed is a person who finds wisdom,
And one who obtains understanding.
14 For [e]her (Y)profit is better than the profit of silver,
And her produce better than gold.
15 She is (Z)more precious than [f]jewels,
And nothing you desire compares with her.
16 [g](AA)Long life is in her right hand;
In her left hand are (AB)riches and honor.
17 Her (AC)ways are pleasant ways,
And all her paths are (AD)peace.
18 She is a (AE)tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are those who hold on to her.
19 The Lord founded the earth (AF)by wisdom,
He (AG)established the heavens by understanding.
20 By His knowledge the (AH)ocean depths were burst open,
And the (AI)clouds drip with dew.
21 My son, see that (AJ)they do not escape from your sight;
Comply with sound wisdom and discretion,
22 And they will be (AK)life to your soul
And (AL)adornment to your neck.
23 Then you will (AM)walk in your way securely,
And your foot will not (AN)stumble.
24 When you (AO)lie down, you will not be afraid;
When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25 (AP)Do not be afraid of sudden danger,
Nor of (AQ)trouble from the wicked when it comes;
26 For the Lord will be [h]your confidence,
And will (AR)keep your foot from being caught.
27 (AS)Do not withhold good from [i]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
28 (AT)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it to you,”
When you have it with you.
29 (AU)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.
30 (AV)Do not contend with a person for no reason,
If he has done you no harm.
31 (AW)Do not envy a violent person,
And do not choose any of his ways.
32 For the (AX)devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But [j]He is (AY)intimate with the upright.
33 The (AZ)curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He (BA)blesses the home of the righteous.
34 Though (BB)He scoffs at the scoffers,
Yet (BC)He gives grace to the needy.
35 (BD)The wise will inherit honor,
But fools [k]increase dishonor.
A Father’s Instruction
4 Listen, my sons, to the (BE)instruction of a father,
And (BF)pay attention so that you may [l]gain understanding,
2 For I give you good (BG)teaching;
(BH)Do not abandon my [m]instruction.
3 When I was a son to my father,
(BI)Tender and (BJ)the only son in the sight of my mother,
4 He (BK)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart (BL)take hold of my words;
(BM)Keep my commandments and live;
5 (BN)Acquire wisdom! (BO)Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not abandon her, and she will guard you;
(BP)Love her, and she will watch over you.
7 (BQ)The [n]beginning of wisdom is: (BR)Acquire wisdom;
And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.
8 (BS)Prize her, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.
9 She will place (BT)on your head a garland of grace;
She will present you with a crown of beauty.”
10 Listen, my son, and (BU)accept my sayings,
And the (BV)years of your life will be many.
11 I have (BW)instructed you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in upright paths.
12 When you walk, your (BX)steps will not be hampered;
And if you run, you (BY)will not stumble.
13 (BZ)Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your (CA)life.
14 (CB)Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil people.
15 Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they (CC)cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And [o]they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17 For they (CD)eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
18 But the (CE)path of the righteous is like the (CF)light of dawn
That (CG)shines brighter and brighter until the (CH)full day.
19 The (CI)way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they [p](CJ)stumble.
20 My son, (CK)pay attention to my words;
(CL)Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (CM)They are not to escape from your sight;
(CN)Keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 For they are (CO)life to those who find them,
And (CP)healing to all [q]their body.
23 Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For (CQ)from it flow the springs of life.
24 Rid yourself of a (CR)deceitful mouth
And (CS)keep devious [r]speech far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your [s]gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
26 (CT)[t]Watch the path of your feet,
And all your (CU)ways will be established.
27 (CV)Do not turn to the right or to the left;
(CW)Turn your foot from evil.
Pitfalls of Immorality
5 My son, (CX)pay attention to my wisdom,
(CY)Incline your ear to my understanding,
2 So that you may (CZ)maintain discretion
And your (DA)lips may comply with knowledge.
3 For the lips of an [u](DB)adulteress (DC)drip honey,
And her [v]speech is (DD)smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is (DE)bitter as wormwood,
(DF)Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet (DG)go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6 [w]She does not ponder the (DH)path of life;
Her ways are (DI)unstable, she (DJ)does not know it.
7 (DK)Now then, my sons, listen to me
And (DL)do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
8 (DM)Keep your way far from her,
And do not go near the (DN)door of her house,
9 Otherwise you will give your vigor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
10 And strangers will be filled with your strength,
And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;
11 And you will groan [x]in [y]the end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12 And you say, “How I (DO)hated instruction!
And my heart (DP)disdainfully rejected rebuke!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my (DQ)teachers,
Nor incline my ear to my instructors!
14 I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And [z]fresh water from your own well.
16 Should your (DR)springs overflow into the street,
Streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your (DS)fountain be blessed,
And (DT)rejoice in the (DU)wife of your youth.
19 Like a loving (DV)doe and a graceful mountain goat,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be [aa]exhilarated always with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an [ab](DW)adulteress,
And embrace the breasts of a (DX)foreigner?
21 For the (DY)ways of everyone are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He (DZ)observes all his paths.
22 His (EA)own wrongdoings will trap the wicked,
And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.
23 He will (EB)die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:1 Or law
- Proverbs 3:4 Lit understanding
- Proverbs 3:8 Lit navel
- Proverbs 3:11 Or instruction
- Proverbs 3:14 I.e., the profit from Wisdom (personified)
- Proverbs 3:15 Lit corals
- Proverbs 3:16 Lit Length of days
- Proverbs 3:26 Or at your side
- Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners
- Proverbs 3:32 Lit His private counsel is
- Proverbs 3:35 Lit raise high
- Proverbs 4:1 Lit know
- Proverbs 4:2 Or law
- Proverbs 4:7 Or primary thing is wisdom
- Proverbs 4:16 Lit their sleep is robbed
- Proverbs 4:19 Or may stumble
- Proverbs 4:22 Lit his
- Proverbs 4:24 Or lips
- Proverbs 4:25 Or eyelids
- Proverbs 4:26 I.e., prob. stay on the path
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit strange woman
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit palate
- Proverbs 5:6 Lit That she not watch
- Proverbs 5:11 Or at
- Proverbs 5:11 Lit your end
- Proverbs 5:15 Lit flowing
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit intoxicated
- Proverbs 5:20 Lit strange woman
Romans 10
New American Standard Bible
The Word of Faith Brings Salvation
10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. 2 For I testify about them that they have (A)a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. 3 For not knowing about (B)God’s righteousness and (C)seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. 4 For (D)Christ is the [a]end of the Law for righteousness to (E)everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes of the righteousness that is [b]based on the Law, that the person who performs [c]them (F)will live by [d]them. 6 But (G)the righteousness [e]based on faith speaks as follows: “(H)Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will go up into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), 7 or ‘Who will descend into the (I)abyss?’ (that is, to (J)bring Christ up from the dead).” 8 But what does it say? “(K)The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 [f]that (L)if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and (M)believe in your heart that (N)God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, [g]resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, [h]resulting in salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “(O)Whoever believes in Him will not be [i]put to shame.” 12 For (P)there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is (Q)Lord of (R)all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 13 for “(S)Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 How then are they to call on Him in whom they have not believed? How are they to believe in Him (T)whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without (U)a preacher? 15 But how are they to preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written: “(V)How beautiful are the feet of those who [j](W)bring good news of good things!”
16 However, they (X)did not all heed the [k]good news; for Isaiah says, “(Y)Lord, who has believed our report?” 17 So faith comes from (Z)hearing, and hearing by (AA)the word [l]of Christ.
18 But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? On the contrary:
19 But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says,
“(AC)I will (AD)make you jealous with those who are not a nation,
With a foolish nation I will anger you.”
20 And Isaiah is very bold and says,
“(AE)I was found by those who did not seek Me,
I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
21 But as for Israel, He says, “(AF)I have spread out My hands all day long to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
Footnotes
- Romans 10:4 Or goal
- Romans 10:5 Lit out of, from
- Romans 10:5 I.e., the statutes of the Law
- Romans 10:5 I.e., the statutes of the Law
- Romans 10:6 Lit out of, from
- Romans 10:9 Or because
- Romans 10:10 Lit to righteousness
- Romans 10:10 Lit to salvation
- Romans 10:11 Or disappointed
- Romans 10:15 Or preach the gospel
- Romans 10:16 Or gospel
- Romans 10:17 Or concerning Christ
- Romans 10:18 Or inhabited earth
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