Proverbs 3:4

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Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

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  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 However, the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the LORD and with people.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
  • Acts 2:47 : 47 praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.
  • Gen 39:2-4 : 2 The LORD was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master. 3 His master observed that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he was doing successful. 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned.
  • Gen 39:21 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.
  • Dan 1:9 : 9 Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel.
  • Josh 1:7-8 : 7 Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do. 8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.

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    5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

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  • Prov 3:13
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    13Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Prov 8:35
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    35For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the LORD.

  • Prov 2:4-5
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    4if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

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    9Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

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  • Prov 13:15
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    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

  • Prov 3:21-23
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    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

    22So they will become life for your soul, and grace around your neck.

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  • Job 22:21
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    21“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

  • Ps 112:5
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    5It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

  • Prov 2:2
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    2by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 22:1
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    1A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

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    26You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.

  • Prov 21:21
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    21The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.

  • Prov 4:7-8
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    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

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  • Prov 18:22
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    22The one who has found a good wife has found what goodness is, and obtained a delightful gift from the LORD.

  • Prov 24:14
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    14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Ps 18:25
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    25You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

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    4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, to the morally upright!

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    3Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.

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    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

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    3To receive moral instruction in skillful living, with righteousness, justice, and equity.

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    3Trust in the LORD and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!

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    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

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    21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

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    23The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.

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    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

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    18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,