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Proverbs 3

Prov. 3:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
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 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + 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.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, let not them depart
luwz (Hebrew #3868)
to turn aside (compare 3867, 3874 and 3885), i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse
KJV usage: depart, froward, perverse(-ness).
Pronounce: looz
Origin: a primitive root
from thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
: keep
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
sound wisdom
tuwshiyah (Hebrew #8454)
from an unused root probably meaning to substantiate; support or (by implication) ability, i.e. (direct) help, (in purpose) an undertaking, (intellectual) understanding
KJV usage: enterprise, that which (thing as it) is, substance, (sound) wisdom, working.
Pronounce: too-shee-yaw'
Origin: or tushiyah { too-shee-yaw'}
and discretion
mzimmah (Hebrew #4209)
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
KJV usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
Pronounce: mez-im-maw'
Origin: from 2161
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 3:1‑3• 1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
 2for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.
 3Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart: (Prov. 3:1‑3)
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Deut. 4:9• 9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons), (Deut. 4:9)
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Deut. 6:6‑9• 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
 7and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. (Deut. 6:6‑9)
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Josh. 1:8• 8This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper. (Josh. 1:8)
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John 8:31• 31Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples; (John 8:31)
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John 15:6‑7• 6Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you. (John 15:6‑7)
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Heb. 2:1‑3• 1For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things we have heard, lest in any way we should slip away.
 2For if the word which was spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,
 3how shall *we* escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken of by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard; (Heb. 2:1‑3)
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1 John 2:24,27• 24As for *you* let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you: if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you, *ye* also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.
 27and *yourselves*, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him. (1 John 2:24,27)
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Prov. 2:7• 7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to them that walk in integrity; (Prov. 2:7)
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Deut. 32:46‑47• 46he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words that I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to take heed to do, all the words of this law.
 47For it is no vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it. (Deut. 32:46‑47)
• Sixth Discourse 3:21 — Impulsiveness and Selfishness (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)
• Someone has said, “It is not enough that one hold the truth, if the truth hold not him.” To so take hold of what God has revealed as to have it control the heart and life, is what is continually insisted on in this most practical of all books. (“Proverbs Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keepb sound wisdomc and discretion:

JND Translation Notes

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b
Strictly, "observe"; and so ch. 4.13; Job 7.20.
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Or "true counsel." see Note, ch. 2.7.