# Proverbs 3.3

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**Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: 2. For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.
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> **3. Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:**
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> 4. So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man. 5. Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: (Proverbs 3:1-5, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: 2. for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.
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> **3. Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.**
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> 4. So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5. Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:1-5, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2. For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. <sup>long: Heb. years of life</sup>
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> **3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:**
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> 4. So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. <sup>good: or, good success</sup> 5. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Proverbs 3:1-5, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, 2. For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
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> **3. Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,**
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> 4. And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man. 5. Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. (Proverbs 3:1-5, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H0571 - emet](/codex/h0571-emet/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.