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Proverbs 3:1
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 3:1
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 3
Blessed Is the Person Who Has Found Wisdom[a]
1 My son, do not forget my teaching,
but cherish my commandments in your heart,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:1 Wisdom is religious fidelity, attentiveness to God. Those who observe this are under the eye of the Lord like a child. The author has no doubt, that even in the present, the best of rewards are coming to him. In fact, true happiness is much more than our desires to possess things and to put on appearances, and the author already experiences it. In verses 14-18, he suggests something of this profound secret of life, which Christ will call the hidden treasure or pearl of great price (Mt 13:44-46). Wisdom is a tree of life, not the fruit prohibited to human beings that sprouted on the tree in paradise (see Gen 3).