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because they will add long days and many years to your life,
and peace and prosperity[a] will come to you.
Do not allow mercy and truth to leave you.
Fasten them around your neck.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will find favor and approval[b]
    in the eyes of God and man.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:2 The Hebrew word shalom here contains both meanings.
  2. Proverbs 3:4 Literally good understanding

for they will prolong your life many years(A)
    and bring you peace and prosperity.(B)

Let love and faithfulness(C) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(D)
Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.(E)

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